Information glut no problem for most Americans: survey


  • TECH
  • Saturday, 10 Dec 2016

File Photo: A patron uses his laptop while having an espresso at the Silver lake location of Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles October 19, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

WASHINGTON: Most Americans do not see "information overload" as a problem for them despite the explosion of internet data and images, according to a Pew Research Centre survey. 

Only 20% of US adults feel they get more information than they can handle, down from 27% a decade ago. Just over three-quarters like having so much information at hand, the survey of 1,520 people showed. 

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