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infowhelm

infowhelm noun: an overwhelming abundance of contested scientific information.

Noun

infowhelm (uncountable)

  1. An overwhelming abundance of contested scientific information.
    • Artists entangle epistemologies by turning scientific information into a representational device in its own right. That is, information becomes a distinct aesthetic element and a space of interpretive activity that diagnoses infowhelm—and, in some cases, even reproduces it—and experiments with ways...2020, Heather Houser, Infowhelm: Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data, Columbia University Press, page 2
    • If a change in our diet can potentially modulate the individual impact of glucotoxicity, can another semiotic regime remedy infowhelm?2021, Pierre-Louis Patoine, “How Sugarcane Accelerated Semiosis During Industrial Moderity, and How We Can Slow Down with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, in Yogi Hale Hendlin, Jonathan Hope...

Examples of infowhelm in a sentence

  • That is, information becomes a distinct aesthetic element and a space of interpretive activity that diagnoses infowhelm—and, in some cases, even reproduces it—and experiments with ways of managing it.2020, Heather Houser, Infowhelm: Environmental Art and Literature in an Age of Data, Columbia University Press, page 2:
  • How can society overcome the paralysis caused by “infowhelm” and denial?2022, Rachel Dreyfus, Anna Price, “How companies and organizations can overcome ‘infowhelm’ and motivate action for the planet”, in Quirk's...

Origin of infowhelm

From info- + whelm.

Questions about infowhelm

What does infowhelm mean?
Infowhelm means an overwhelming abundance of contested scientific information.
How do you use infowhelm in a sentence?
That is, information becomes a distinct aesthetic element and a space of interpretive activity that diagnoses infowhelm—and, in some cases, even reproduces it—and experiments with ways of managing it.
What part of speech is infowhelm?
Infowhelm is a noun.

Words near infowhelm in the dictionary

  1. infovorous
  2. infowar
  3. infowarfare
  4. infowarrior
  5. infowarriors
  6. infowhelm
  7. infoxication
  8. infozine
  9. infozines
  10. INFP
  11. INFPs

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