information fatigue

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• 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 environmentalism — n. The movement that seeks to reduce information overload and its effects on people s lives. information environmentalist n. Example Citations: There s a growing information environmentalism movement in the United States against the overwhelming… …   New words

• information pollution — (in.fohr.MAY.shun puh.loo.shun) n. The contamination of a culture or of a person s life caused by exposure to excessive amounts of information or data. Example Citations: If you accurately define the cause of consumer pain, then you can create a… …   New words

• information foraging — (in.fuhr.may.shuhn FOR.uh.jing) n. Searching for information, especially by using strategies analogous to the food foraging techniques employed by animals. information forager n. information forage v. Example Citation: Information foraging theory …   New words

• information scent — (in.fuhr.may.shuhn SENT) n. The visual and linguistic cues that enable a searcher to determine whether a source, particularly a Web site, has the information they seek, as well as to navigate to the desired data. Example Citation: In an… …   New words

• information triage — n. The process of gathering, sorting, and prioritizing information to identify what is relevant or important and to discard everything else. Example Citations: The relative stability of iPad 2 over, or next to, iPad 1, suggests the new computing… …   New words

• information tamer — n. A technical writer who specializes in explaining complex concepts from fields such as science and computing. Example Citation: In the United States, there are now highly paid professionals charged with translating obscure technical language,… …   New words

• FATIGUE — Le terme de fatigue désigne à la fois un sentiment vécu, n’apparaissant qu’à travers le récit personnel de celui qui l’a ressenti, et un ensemble de signes notés et enregistrés par un observateur impartial. Cette dualité permet d’opposer la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Fatigue (medical) — Exhausted redirects here. For the alternative rock song, see Exhausted (song). Exhaustion redirects here. For other uses, see Exhaust (disambiguation). Lethargy redirects here. For the metal band, see Lethargy (band). Fatigue Occupations that… …   Wikipedia

• Fatigue (safety) — Why the hours of service are important: a graph outlining the relationship between number of hours driven and the percent of crashes related to driver fatigue. Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration[1] Fatigue is a major safety… …   Wikipedia