Tanya is considering purchasing a digital camera, so she searched "digital cameras" in Google and was overwhelmed with millions of results. There was so much information available that Tanya could not assimilate all of it, which is a phenomenon referred to as _____.
A) information saturation
B) information overload
C) overexposure
D) information inertia
E) entropy

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Information overload is the phenomenon of being overwhelmed by a large volume of information to the point where one cannot make sense of it or cannot make a decision. This is what Tanya experienced when she searched for digital cameras and was inundated with so much information that she could not assimilate all of it. A is incorrect because it's not a commonly used term. C, D and E are incorrect because they don't accurately describe Tanya's situation.

Tanya Is Considering Purchasing a Digital Camera, So She Searched