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Living in a time when an ever-increasing number of news providers push a con
Living in a time when an ever-increasing number of news providers push a con
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2023-07-07
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Living in a time when an ever-increasing number of news providers push a constant stream of headlines at us every day, people cannot say they do not feel overwhelmed.
But what if it’s the ways we choose to read the news that make us feel overwhelmed? An interesting new study conducted by Avery Holton and Iris Chyi from the University of Texas looks at the factors that contribute to the concept of information overload.
They surveyed more than 750 adults on their digital consumption habits and perceptions of information overload. What the findings suggest, Holton said, is that the news platforms a person is using can play a bigger role in making him feel overwhelmed than the sheer number of news sources being consumed. So even if you read The Huffington Post and The New York Times in a day, you may not feel as drowned with news if you read on your phone instead of on your desktop. The more contained, or even constrained, a platform feels, the more it can contribute to people feeling less overwhelmed. Holton said.
That may also explain why people have feelings of being overwhelmed by Facebook, which, like reading on the web, can be a bottomless hole of stories, videos, and endless links. But it doesn’t explain why people in the survey had different feelings towards Twitter, which can also be a stream of links.
One possible explanation is whether you define yourself as a news fan. The survey asked people to report how much they enjoyed keeping up with the news—people who said they did had less of a perception of information overload. If you’re the type of person who wants to follow news during the day, it’s likely you have an established routine and a set of sites you check regularly. You also may not need as much context: around the news. All of that would make Twitter a good source for you.
Conversely, if you’re more passive about following the news, you might need to make more of an effort to find the right sources or find background or contextual information, which could lead to feelings of being overloaded, Holton said. " Knowing what you’re looking for can decrease overload or perceptions of overload. So can constant engagement," he said. [br] According to the passage, a news fan may______.
选项
A、need much context about the news
B、have a settled routine to check the news
C、consider Facebook a good news source
D、have no perception of information overload
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。本题考查有关新闻爱好者的细节信息。定位段提到,那些说自己是新闻爱好者的人很少感到信息泛滥。他们喜欢整天紧跟时事,很有可能有一套自己的习惯以及经常浏览的网站,也可能不需要知道那么多的新闻背景知识。B)中的settled routine to check the news是定位段中it’slikely you have an established routine and a set of sites you check regularly的同义转述,故为答案。A)“需要很多新闻背景知识”与原文意思相反,故排除;C)“把脸谱网看作很好的新闻来源”,原文说的是推特,故排除;D)“没有感觉到信息泛滥”属于过度推断,原文说这些人很少感到信息泛滥,但并未说没有,故排除。
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