An executive who starts the day with 500 e-mails in her in-box will apply some sort of filter to decide which to read and which to delete or save to read later.This is an example of which type of communication barrier?

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The scenario described is an example of information overload, where the amount of information (in this case, the 500 emails) exceeds the capacity of the individual to process it all. The executive must filter the information to determine what is important and what can be deleted or saved for later.

An Executive Who Starts the Day with 500 E-Mails in Her