Information and Knowledge Theories
ali imanzadeh; naeimeh beirampour basmenj; maryam marandi heidarloo
Abstract
Information anxiety is one of the emerging challenges of human life, which has emerged and expanded with the development of rhizome thinking under the shadow of post-structuralist thinking. The aim of the current research was the conceptualization, limits and dimensions of information anxiety. The method ...
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Information anxiety is one of the emerging challenges of human life, which has emerged and expanded with the development of rhizome thinking under the shadow of post-structuralist thinking. The aim of the current research was the conceptualization, limits and dimensions of information anxiety. The method of this research is a systematic review that was conducted in 1402. From the 170 articles found, according to the selection criteria, 24 studies were found to be eligible and included in the present study. The findings of the research showed that the concept of information anxiety is ambiguous and its limits are not fully known. Information anxiety actually comes from the growing gap between the amount of available information and our ability to process and understand it, and this type of anxiety is fundamentally different from concepts such as library anxiety and internet anxiety. This type of anxiety has three basic dimensions of information overflow, inability to understand and process information, and inability to access and find available information. Information anxiety has many negative personal, psychological and social consequences such as feelings of disappointment and frustration, feelings of abandonment, loneliness and existential loneliness. Developing information literacy, practicing self-care and setting limits on information consumption and changing epistemological attitudes about information can help reduce feelings and severe stress associated with information anxiety.
