A new Pew Research Center survey finds that, for the most part, the large majority of Americans do not feel that information overload is a problem for them. Some 20% say they feel overloaded by information, a decline from the 27% figure from a decade ago, while 77% say they like having so much information at their fingertips.
Two-thirds (67%) say that having more information at their disposals actually helps to simplify their lives.
The survey shows that most Americans are comfortable with their abilities to cope with information flows in their day-to-day lives. Moreover, those who own more devices are also the ones who feel more on top of the data and media flows in their lives.
Those who are more likely to feel information overload have less technology and are poorer, less well-educated and older....
New Pew research says the majority don't feel information overload and most feel able to tell facts from fake news. There are two possible conclusions about the election.
The data show those overwhelmed most are older, disadvantaged, etc. In other words, the voter majority. The young voters, supposedly less overwhelmed, didn't vote.
The second conclusion is that the voters all did know what they were doing and said damn the torpedoes and flipped the bird at DC even if they knew Trump was llying. I'm not sure either is a great signal but the US has four years to find out. Meanwhile, the Tweeter-in-Chief continues to attack people who disagree with him or who fact check his lies.