Internet clutter doesn't worry US users

Most people are happy with the Internet as a source of on-demand information, with only a small percentage hit by "information overload", a survey of US users showed on Monday.

Some 72 percent of those surveyed said they liked having the Internet's resources at their fingertips, and 26 percent felt overwhelmed by the amount of data online.

"We have asked this 'information overload' question since the beginning of our research in 2000 and have consistently found the same thing: Americans like lots of information choices and don't feel particularly oppressed by the growing flows of material into their lives," says Lee Rainie, Internet project director at the Pew Research Center.