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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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2024-02-08
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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] The new study conducted by Avery Holton and Iris Chyi______.
选项
A、examines how news providers take advantage of headlines
B、studies what can lead to the concept of information overload
C、discusses solutions for people who feel overwhelmed
D、reviews different attitudes to the digital consumption
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。本题考查有关艾弗里·霍尔顿和艾力斯·齐进行研究的目的。定位句提到,他们的新研究调查那些导致人们感觉信息泛滥的冈素。B)中的lead to对应原文中的contribute to,且意思与定位句一致,故为答案。A)“调查新闻供应商们如何利用标题”、C)“讨论方案以帮助感觉难以承受的人们”和D)“审视人们对于数码产品消费的不同态度”原文均未提及,故排除。
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