Infobesity and quality of life
Résumé
Nowadays, information is at the very heart of our everyday life, and more precisely in public
transportation. Indeed, it is often chosen to be the location of various dissemination of information such as
practical information, network news, advertising, weather forecast, newsflashes, kidnapping alerts, safety
recommendations in a general post-attack environment…
Being informed could be a necessity to insure citizens a certain quality of life, but there is also a risk of
being too informed. Does the large amount of information have an impact on our sense of well-being? In order
to question the effect of information, we performed a survey in Lyon’s tramways. Our study was conducted in
two different stages:
1. Observation of information broadcasts within the public transportation, which enabled us to develop a
typology of the kinds of information displayed.
2. Interviews with public transportation users, based on a questionnaire that examines the attention given
to broadcast information by users, especially in terms of emotions and sense of well-being.
Our survey was conducted in one day, between 11:00 am and 2:00pm, on one of the tramway line that
deserves several universities and the train station. We also asked the questions on the platform, which is the
favourite place for calls for vigilance. In terms of statistics, we questioned almost half men (51%) and half
women (49%). We also paid attention to the frequency with which people were using public transportation,
considering that the impact of a big amount of information is important, when people are often confronted to it.
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