HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE-------INFORMATION OVERLOAD.ESUS 2

Li Jingren

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MAIN POINTS

Definition When and how did it happen Symptoms Solutions

DEFINITION OF INFORMATION OVERLOAD

Information overload is a description given to the phenomenon where so much information is taken in by the human brain that it becomes nearly impossible to process

HOW AND WHEN DOES INFORMATION OVERLOAD HAPPEN?

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?

Productivity Loss. Mind Clutter. Lack of Time.

HOW DOES IT EFFECT OUR HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

HOW TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM

1.Reducing Information Intake

2.Take an honest assessment of your priorities.

3.Remind yourself that it's okay to not know everything.

4.Set limits.

THANKS FOR LISTENING

REFERENCES

Gary Dickenson (2009). INFORMATION OVERLOAD - CAUSES AND SYMPTOMS. AVAILABLE: HTTP://WWW.CREOSPACE.CO.UK/BLOG/2009/11/INFORMATION-OVERLOAD-CAUSES-AND-SYMPTOMS/

 Joanna Saisan, M.S.W., Melinda Smith, M.A., Lawrence Robinson, and Jeanne Segal, Ph.D (2013). Internet & Computer Addiction. AVAILABLE: HTTP://WWW.HELPGUIDE.ORG/MENTAL/INTERNET_CYBERSEX_ADDICTION.HTM