:: attentional overload :: :: ::

...attentional overload is a psychological state in which individuals are overwhelmed by higher quantities and faster rates of information than they can manage (Cohen, 1978; Class & Singer, 1972; Milgram, 1970)...

...will computer-based networks exacerbate the tensions between advantaged and disadvantaged groups by further separating "information-rich" and "information-poor" segments of society? ...

Stokols, D. (1995). The paradox of environmental psychology. American Psychologist, 50(10), 821-837.