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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
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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2015-05-28
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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 do the findings of the new study suggest?
选项
A、Contained news platforms trigger information overload.
B、News platforms influence people’s feelings about information.
C、People feel less overwhelmed if reading news on their desktops.
D、People feel more overwhelmed if less news sources are consumed.
答案
B
解析
本题考查新研究的结果。定位句提到,调查结果显示,与所读新闻的超大数量相比,一个人使用的新闻平台更能使他感到信息量难以承受。B中的influence对应定位句中的play a bigger role,故B为答案。A“有节制的新闻平台会导致信息泛滥”、C“在台式电脑上看新闻会减弱信息量难以承受的感觉”和D“新闻资源越少,人们越觉得难以承受”均与原文意思不符,故排除。
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