infobesity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- [-ɾi] (General-American)
- /ɪnfoʊˈbisɪti/ (General-American)
- /ɪnfə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Blend of info or information + obesity.
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Synonym of information overload (“the availability or supply of too much information, or a state of stress which results from it”).
Internet users have access to huge amounts of information. Confronted with infobesity, their attention is rare and volatile.
2011, Florence Devouard, “Collective Intelligence and Business Enterprise 2.0”, in Moira Cockell, Jérôme Billotte, Frédéric Darbellay, Francis Waldvogel, editors, Common Knowledge: The Challenge of Transdisciplinarity, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland: EPFL Press, →ISBN, page 36:On the data and information front, he believes we are suffering from infobesity. Too much information causes stress and confusion and makes us do irrational things.
2010, Kevin Duncan, quoting John Naish, “Affluenza, Herds and Quirkology: Mysterious Consumer Behaviour”, in Marketing Greatest Hits: A Masterclass in Modern Marketing Ideas, London: A & C Black Publishers, →ISBN, page 84:[H]ow information professionals can embrace new social networking technologies, and the move from information to knowledge and meaning, as well as the idea of ‘infobesity’.
2007, Library + Information Update, volume 6, London: Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, column 4:We live in an age of infobesity. Information overload. Too much choice. You can't stop it – as even the Chinese are finding – by building virtual walls any more.
John Kelly (2009), “Where Next? A Few Predictions”, in Colin Bundy [et al.], editors, Red Kayaks and Hidden Gold: The Rise, Challenges and Value of Citizen Journalism (RISJ Challenges), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, →ISBN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2021, footnote 102, page 46As [Anthony] Lilley (2008) has suggested, we are living in an age of ‘infobesity’.
2009, Kay Withers, First Class?: Challenges and Opportunities for the UK’s University Sector, London: Institute for Public Policy Research, →ISBN, page 96:As digital platforms continue to grow, it also gives rise to infobesity and the problem of plenty which can undermine the platforms' performance.
2021, Prasanna Karhade, Abhishek Kathuria, Ojaswi Malik, Benn Konsynski, “Digital Platforms and Infobesity: A Research Agenda”, in Aravinda Garimella et al., editors, The Role of e-Business during the Time of Grand Challenges: 19th Workshop on e-Business, WeB 2020 Virtual Event, December 12, 2020 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; 418), Cham, Zug, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 71:This module introduces students to the principles of dematerialization, to the need for perpetual mutation, adaptation and to co-evolution phenomena; to the phenomenon of infobesity, and so on.
2010, Alain Fayolle, Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education: Volume 3: International Perspectives, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; Northampton, Mass.: Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 98: