Information Pollution
False info shared without the intent to harm.
Misinformation
Noticing only info that reinforces your existing beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
Choosing an option that is "good enough" rather than perfect.
Satisficing
The first step of SIFT: What you do when you feel a strong emotion.
Stop
Feeling "overwhelmed and powerless" from too much info.
Information Overload
True information used deliberately to cause harm.
Malinformation
How a story is "angled" or organized to promote an interpretation.
Framing
The state of being unable to decide because there are too many options.
Decision Paralysis
Checking other news outlets to see if a claim is true.
Find Better Coverage
The limited amount of info your active memory can handle at once.
Cognitive Load
Purposefully false info meant to mislead or influence.
Disinformation
When the popularity of an opinion makes the minority stay silent.
Spiral of Silence
Searching every single option to find the "perfect" choice.
Maximizing
This method uses "lateral reading" to verify claims.
SIFT Method
Making so many choices that the quality of your decisions drops.
Decision Fatigue
An overabundance of info during a disease outbreak.
Infodemic
Media's ability to influence which topics the public thinks are important.
Agenda-Setting
Feeling worse about a purchase because expectations were too high.
Tyranny of Choice
Identifying who is behind the information before accepting it.
Investigate the Source
Prioritizing info to prevent overload and focus on the urgent.
Information Triage
Humorous but false stories that might fool readers.
Satire/Parody
A network killing a story because it hurts their own parent company.
Corporate Bias
The theory that having more choices actually leads to more distress.
Paradox of Choice
Finding the full, unedited transcript or uncropped photo.
Trace to Original Source
The brain receiving too much information leads to cognitive overload, causing people to become stressed, overwhelmed, fatigued.
Information Anxiety