Information overload : an international challenge for professional engineers and technical communicators / edited by Judith B. Strother, Jan M. Ulijn, Zohra Fazal.

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TextPublication details: New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2012.Description: xxxviii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

9781118230138

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c2012.

Summary: Contents: Information overload: an international challenge to professional engineers and technical communicators. -- Of time magazine, 24/7 media, and data deluge: the evolution of information overload theories and concepts. -- The challenge of information balance in the age of affluent communication. -- From cave wall to twitter: engineers and technical communicators as information shaman for digital tribes. -- The influence of culture on information overload. -- Effect of color, visual form, and textual information on information overload. -- Cost of information overload in end- user documentation. -- Taming the terabytes: a human- centered approach to surviving the information deluge. -- Technologies for dealing with information overload: an engineer's point of view.. -- Visualizing instead of overloading: exploring the promise and problems of visual communication to reduce information overload. -- Drowning in data: a review of information overload within organizations and the viability of strategic communication principles. -- Blindfolded through the information hurricane? a review of a manager's strategy to cope with the information paradox.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	DSSC LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER	Circulation	CIr./658.4038/In34 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007435

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Contents: Information overload: an international challenge to professional engineers and technical communicators. -- Of time magazine, 24/7 media, and data deluge: the evolution of information overload theories and concepts. -- The challenge of information balance in the age of affluent communication. -- From cave wall to twitter: engineers and technical communicators as information shaman for digital tribes. -- The influence of culture on information overload. -- Effect of color, visual form, and textual information on information overload. -- Cost of information overload in end- user documentation. -- Taming the terabytes: a human- centered approach to surviving the information deluge. -- Technologies for dealing with information overload: an engineer's point of view.. -- Visualizing instead of overloading: exploring the promise and problems of visual communication to reduce information overload. -- Drowning in data: a review of information overload within organizations and the viability of strategic communication principles. -- Blindfolded through the information hurricane? a review of a manager's strategy to cope with the information paradox.

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