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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 ca

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问题     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.
What does Holton imply about information overload?
选项 A、It can be decreased by the sense of purpose.
B、It happens when one has no access to right sources.
C、It can be increased by constant engagement in the news.
D、It depends on the efforts one makes to find the news.
答案A
解析 观点态度题。本题考查霍尔顿关于信息泛滥的看法。由定位句可知，霍尔顿提到，知道自己要找的是什么可以减少所需信息量或者减弱信息量过大的感觉，换言之，目的感可以减弱信息泛滥的感觉，故答案为A)。B)“当一个人没有获得正确资源的渠道时，它就会发生”和D)“它取决于找到新闻所花费的精力”原文均未提及，故排除；C)“持续地关注新闻会使它增加”与原文意思相反，故排除。
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