Definition of infomania in English:
infomania
nounˌɪnfə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪəˌɪnfoʊˈmeɪniə
mass nouninformal The compulsive desire to check or accumulate news and information, typically via mobile phone or computer.
Wilson warned that the rise in infomania could reduce workers' mental sharpness
Example sentencesExamples
- The study for computing firm Hewlett Packard warned of a rise in infomania, with people becoming addicted to e-mail and text messages.
- The abuse of 'always-on' technology has led to a nationwide state of infomania, where UK workers are literally addicted to checking e-mail and text messages during meetings, in the evening at at weekends.
- If you've been worrying about losing IQ points to "infomania" - constant email and phone interruptions - you can put your mind at ease.
- Web workers may be more familiar with infomania than just about anyone.
- Infomania erodes our capacity for significance. With a mind-set fixed on information, our attention shortens
- Having your phone at the ready or tapping away constantly gives rise to what experts are calling infomania.
- There's a theory that infomania can lower our IQ.
- A new study from a psychologist has identified "infomania" as an addiction to information that manifests itself in an obsessive need to attend and respond immediately to email and phone messages.
- Telecommunications keep us wired to our work and to each other 24/7 as infomania increases and meaningful knowledge is more difficult to discern.
- The Bagus Gran Cyber Cafés have become the Japanese capital's grand temples of infomania.
Derivatives
noun
informal There's the possibility of becoming an infomaniac - someone unable to get on and do anything constructive in the office because their inbox keeps pinging, their mobile keeps ringing and they couldn't possibly ignore it.
Example sentencesExamples
- Like many infomaniacs, I use the internet as my first port of call for the news.
- As a certified infomaniac, my frequent daily news trawls cost me an average of €80 a month in mobile phone charges.
- They have prepared a guide to help you determine if you are an "info-maniac" and how to wean yourself off of it.
- The five instruments we've rounded up represent a variety of features for bikers who range from the casual cruiser to the infomaniac.
Definition of infomania in US English:
infomania
nounˌinfōˈmānēəˌɪnfoʊˈmeɪniə
informal The compulsive desire to check or accumulate news and information, typically via mobile phone or computer.
Wilson warned that the rise in infomania could reduce workers' mental sharpness
Example sentencesExamples
- Having your phone at the ready or tapping away constantly gives rise to what experts are calling infomania.
- The abuse of 'always-on' technology has led to a nationwide state of infomania, where UK workers are literally addicted to checking e-mail and text messages during meetings, in the evening at at weekends.
- If you've been worrying about losing IQ points to "infomania" - constant email and phone interruptions - you can put your mind at ease.
- A new study from a psychologist has identified "infomania" as an addiction to information that manifests itself in an obsessive need to attend and respond immediately to email and phone messages.
- Web workers may be more familiar with infomania than just about anyone.
- The Bagus Gran Cyber Cafés have become the Japanese capital's grand temples of infomania.
- The study for computing firm Hewlett Packard warned of a rise in infomania, with people becoming addicted to e-mail and text messages.
- Infomania erodes our capacity for significance. With a mind-set fixed on information, our attention shortens
- There's a theory that infomania can lower our IQ.
- Telecommunications keep us wired to our work and to each other 24/7 as infomania increases and meaningful knowledge is more difficult to discern.