Infowhelm

Quick meaning: Infowhelm is a noun meaning An overwhelming abundance of contested scientific information.

Meaning

An overwhelming abundance of contested scientific information.

Example Sentences

How can society overcome the paralysis caused by “infowhelm” and denial? As with most complex challenges, one size does not fit all.

If a change in our diet can potentially modulate the individual impact of glucotoxicity, can another semiotic regime remedy infowhelm?

Artists entangle epistemologies by turning scientific information into a representational device in its own right. That is, information becomes a distinct aesthetic element and a space of interpretive activity that diagnoses infowhelm—and, in some cases, even reproduces it—and experiments with ways of managing it.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hyperinformation, infoglut, infodemic, infobesity, infostress, infoxication.

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