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Is There Just Too Much Information?
FromWhat Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
Is There Just Too Much Information?
FromWhat Fresh Hell: Laughing in the Face of Motherhood | Parenting Tips From Funny Moms
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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
“Information overload” is defined as the tipping point when the input of information exceeds an individual’s capacity to process it all. When we begin to feel overwhelmed and stressed by the amount of information that is available, we can end up feeling more stressed and overwhelmed than knowledgeable.
For parents, the urge to find certainty through online research—only to end up feeling even less certain—is particularly common. How can we make the constant availability of information, useful and otherwise, work for us rather than against?
Amy and Margaret discuss:
How "information overload" can reduce decision-making abilities
Whether obsessive internet searching is the result, or cause, of low self-confidence in parents
How to know your limits, and then set them
Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
Terese Glatz and Melissa A. Lippold. “Is more information always better? Associations among parents’ online information searching, information overload, and self-efficacy.” International Journal of Behavioral Development.
Jessica Runberg for The Washington Post: Is crowdsourced parenting eroding confidence?
Cara Goodwin for Psychology Today: New Study: Information Overload for Parents
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For parents, the urge to find certainty through online research—only to end up feeling even less certain—is particularly common. How can we make the constant availability of information, useful and otherwise, work for us rather than against?
Amy and Margaret discuss:
How "information overload" can reduce decision-making abilities
Whether obsessive internet searching is the result, or cause, of low self-confidence in parents
How to know your limits, and then set them
Here are links to some of the resources mentioned in the episode:
Terese Glatz and Melissa A. Lippold. “Is more information always better? Associations among parents’ online information searching, information overload, and self-efficacy.” International Journal of Behavioral Development.
Jessica Runberg for The Washington Post: Is crowdsourced parenting eroding confidence?
Cara Goodwin for Psychology Today: New Study: Information Overload for Parents
We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on our website:
https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/p/promo-codes/
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Oct 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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