An overwhelming excess of information, especially that obtained as the result of an Internet search.
〈非正式〉（尤指通过互联网搜索得到的）多得令人无所适从的信息，数据烟雾
nowadays, people need help getting their intellectual bearings because cable has become a torrent of ideology, dueling experts, and data smog
Example sentencesExamples
This service saves readers from having to search hundreds or thousands or millions of the world's content sources for that information - a vital service in an era of data smog.
Media saturation or data smog or whatever it is being called is not a problem, it's a blessing.
As economics can be affected by workers having to work in a data smog, corporations are already recognising this problem and have moved quickly by utilising new software, such as products available from Microsoft.
They do not have time to absorb all of the data smog, so they tune it out.
The overall goal of filtering signal from noise remains vital, to maintain a citizenry that is shielded from spam and data smog, and that can hence spend enough time on issues that really matter.
Definition of data smog in US English:
data smog
noun
informal
An overwhelming excess of information, especially from the Internet.
〈非正式〉（尤指通过互联网搜索得到的）多得令人无所适从的信息，数据烟雾
nowadays, people need help getting their intellectual bearings because cable has become a torrent of ideology, dueling experts, and data smog
Example sentencesExamples
Media saturation or data smog or whatever it is being called is not a problem, it's a blessing.
This service saves readers from having to search hundreds or thousands or millions of the world's content sources for that information - a vital service in an era of data smog.
They do not have time to absorb all of the data smog, so they tune it out.
As economics can be affected by workers having to work in a data smog, corporations are already recognising this problem and have moved quickly by utilising new software, such as products available from Microsoft.
The overall goal of filtering signal from noise remains vital, to maintain a citizenry that is shielded from spam and data smog, and that can hence spend enough time on issues that really matter.