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Rife Information Pollution (Infollution) and Virtual Organizations in Industry 4.0: Within Reality Causes and Consequences

Rife Information Pollution (Infollution) and Virtual Organizations in Industry 4.0: Within Reality Causes and Consequences

Qaisar Iqbal, Rashid Nawaz
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522575191|ISBN10: 1522575197|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522586180|EISBN13: 9781522575207
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7519-1.ch005
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Iqbal, Qaisar, and Rashid Nawaz. "Rife Information Pollution (Infollution) and Virtual Organizations in Industry 4.0: Within Reality Causes and Consequences." Big Data and Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Organizations, edited by Albert Gyamfi and Idongesit Williams, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 117-135. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7519-1.ch005

APA

Iqbal, Q. & Nawaz, R. (2019). Rife Information Pollution (Infollution) and Virtual Organizations in Industry 4.0: Within Reality Causes and Consequences. In A. Gyamfi & I. Williams (Eds.), Big Data and Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Organizations (pp. 117-135). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7519-1.ch005

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Iqbal, Qaisar, and Rashid Nawaz. "Rife Information Pollution (Infollution) and Virtual Organizations in Industry 4.0: Within Reality Causes and Consequences." In Big Data and Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Organizations, edited by Albert Gyamfi and Idongesit Williams, 117-135. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7519-1.ch005

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Abstract

Information pollution, which usually refers to the overabundance of irrelevant, unsolicited, unwanted messages, is a major cause of concern for practitioners and academic researchers. Advances in the information and communication technologies has proliferated the production of information. Consequently, people are suffering from information pollution. Information pollution has made it difficult for employees and individuals to find the quality information quickly and conveniently from diverse information sources including print and electronic sources. This chapter sheds light on the relevant literature of information pollution and analyzes its causes in the Industry 4.0 era and puts forward suggestions for tackling this problem. This chapter emphasizes the significance of concrete efforts from computer scientists, academic professionals, and information professionals to devise strategies and techniques for refuting the effects of information pollution.

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