Infophobia – Identification of the Concept and Characteristics of the Phenomenon
Infophobia – Identification of the Concept and Characteristics of the Phenomenon
Author(s): Paweł Tadeusz OpiłowskiSubject(s): Social Sciences, Library and Information Science
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: infophobia; technophobia; information anxiety; the information society; an information disease
Summary/Abstract: The author of the article presents the concept of infophobia and brings the characteristics of this phenomenon. There are shown the basis of the phobia of information in the form of technophobia and information anxiety and the infophobia is portrayed as an information disease. There are indicated the factors that cause the infophobia and the consequences of this phenomenon.
Journal: Toruńskie Studia Bibliologiczne
- Issue Year: 20/2018
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-53
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English