Taming the Information Tide: Perceptions of Information Overload in the American Home

Information Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-173

  Hargittai, Eszter ^a   Neuman, W Russell ^b   Curry, Olivia ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

information overload; Internet; sensationalism; social media; web use skill

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861465036     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972243.2012.669450     Document Type: Article

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