Information in the Age of Infocracy: Recalibrating the Definition of Information for Library Instruction

Abstract

The word information has been fluidly used by various disciplines throughout history.
In our hyperdigitalized world, where the massification of information has transformed
how and why we seek, create, and use information, the word is taking another
epistemological turn. Portmanteaus like infoglut, infodemic, inforg, and infocracy abound
in our society, all of which denote a state of information overload. These neologisms suggest
information’s dysfunctionality in present-day society