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• Informavore — The term informavore (also spelled informivore) characterizes an organism that consumes information. It is meant to be a description of human behavior in modern information society, in comparison to omnivore, as a description of humans consuming… …   Wikipedia

• informavore — (in.FORM.uh.vohr) n. A person who consumes information. Example Citation: Which of these activities occupies more of your time: foraging for food or surfing the Web? Probably the latter. We re all informavores now, hunting down and consuming data …   New words

• Frank Schirrmacher — (* 5. September 1959 in Wiesbaden) ist ein deutscher Journalist, Literaturwissenschaftler und Essayist, Buchautor und seit 1994 Mitherausgeber der Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung. Frank Schirrmacher am 3. Februar 2007 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• FOI-able — (EFF.oh.eye uh.buhl) adj. Available via the Freedom of Information Act. Also: FOIable. Example Citations: Energy Minister Chris Stockwell said the public has no right to know how a private company conducts its business. Frankly, if you are going… …   New words

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• Webrarian — (web.RAYR.ee.uhn) n. A person who is an expert at not only finding information on the World Wide Web, but also at prioritizing, organizing, and cataloguing that information. Example Citation: Most Web pages are not indexed or retrieved by major… …   New words

• attention economics — n. An economic model based on the expanding amount of available information and the static amount of attention consumers can devote to that information. Example Citation: But in the US Free PC has gone further still: you give them your… …   New words

• cybrarian — (sy.BRAYR.ee.uhn) n. A librarian who specializes in locating, prioritizing, and organizing information on the internet. [Cyber + librarian.] Example Citations: Cybrarians are exactly what the name implies: a librarian for the 21st century.… …   New words

• information fatigue syndrome — n. The weariness and stress that result from having to deal with excessive amounts of information. Also: IFS. Example Citation: Psychologist Dr David Lewis, who was involved in preparing the report, suggested that a new phenomenon, information… …   New words

• information food chain — n. 1. The progression of data from bits (raw data) to information (processed data) to knowledge (assimilated data). 2. A spectrum that covers technological prowess (neophyte to expert), access to information (unwired to wired), or speed of… …   New words