Have you ever heard the word InfoWhelm, where Whelm means “sommergere, sopraffare” (as in “to overwhelm”)? It is what happens today with the Internet:
We are bombarded with torrents of of information in everywhere we turn and the thing is most of this information is just junk […]
A solution is information literacy/fluency
to be information literate, a student must be able to recognize when information is needed, and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information .
(from here).
Watch this video about InfoWhelm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7ECAVxbfsfc#!