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Information pollution (also referred to as info pollution) is the contamination of an information supply with irrelevant, redundant, unsolicited, hampering, and low-value information. Examples include misinformation, junk e-mail, and media violence.
The spread of useless and undesirable information can have a detrimental effect on human activities. It is considered to be an adverse effect of the information revolution.
Credit: Wikipedia - information_pollutionGurteen Knowledge Blog October 5, 2021, 16:02We live in a world of misinformation and disinformation. Furthermore, much information we need to make good sense of any situation is not readily available. A world where our information ecosystem is so polluted that there is no information we can trust. In general, this is bad enough, but it … Continue reading Making Sense of a Complex World There is no information we can trust
The Global Information Ecosystem likens the enormous, linked digital world of data and information to an ecological system. This metaphor highlights that our shared digital commons is a valuable asset requiring protection from harm, just as natural environments do. Credit: David Gurteen Source: The Global Information EcosystemPeople: David GurteenDavid Gurteen Keynote speaker, writer and conversational … Continue reading The Global Information Ecosystem David Gurteen
Discrediting People ** Pollution of the Global Information Ecosystem Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter The Global Information Ecosystem is a metaphor for the vast sea of interrelated, mainly digital information, in which we live. As we move deeper into #World 2 and the digital age, everything goes digital, and we find ourselves living … Continue reading The Global Information Ecosystem We live in a vast sea of information
The Global Information Ecosystem Uncertainty ** Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Information pollution is the contamination of information with false and misleading material. Pollution of the info-ecosystem The quality of the information in our global information ecosystem is paramount. To reduce uncertainty and make good sensemaking and decision-making, we need to trust the … Continue reading Pollution of the Global Information Ecosystem The contamination of information with false and misleading material
Show Respect Listen to Ignite Thinking Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Tell the truth: Everyone lies. Some big lies, some small lies. Most of the time, individual lies do not matter; they are small and inconsequential. But larger, more public, persistent lies distort our view of the world and are dangerous. Many people … Continue reading Tell the Truth Lies distort the world
