Book: The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption

I began my research on books by searching Amazon by using terms such as "information society", "information age", "information technology", and "social media".  As you could have guessed, this led me to a myriad of books.  I found three books that speak on different topics of the information society, so it was very difficult for me to decide which book would work best.  

The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption by Clay A. Johnson
Johnson writes about how their is an excess of information out there.  Each person has a different way of handling this information.  He talks about the history of information and its processing, as well as the ways to approach these new developments in information.  Throughout the book, he uses a consistent metaphor about a human diet with food but now with the influx of information.
Amazon:
3.9 Stars (83 ratings)
$16.58
160 pages

WorldCat
692 Libraries
Subject Classification: Personal Information Management, Information Resources Management, Information Technology

Google Books
3 Stars (23 reviews)

LibraryThing
Popularity: 51,069
227 Members
3.11 Stars (61 ratings)
37 Reviews

The Glass Cage: Automation and Us by Nicholas Carr
"From nineteenth-century textile mills to the cockpits of modern jets, from the frozen hunting grounds of Inuit tribes to the sterile landscapes of GPS maps, The Glass Cage explores the impact of automation from a deeply human perspective, examining the personal as well as the economic consequences of our growing dependence on computers."
Amazon:
4.0 Stars (5 ratings)
$12.99
288 pages

WorldCat
217 Libraries
Subject Classification: Technology-Social Aspects, Automation-Social Aspects

Google Books
3.5 Stars (8 reviews)

LibraryThing
Popularity: 402,159
27 Members
3.5 Stars
2 Reviews

I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy by Lori Andrews
"Social networks, the defining cultural movement of our time, offer many freedoms. But as we work and shop and date over the Web, we are opening ourselves up to intrusive privacy violations by employers, the police, and aggressive data collection companies that sell our information to any and all takers. "

Amazon:
4.0 Stars (40 ratings)
$12.35
272 pages

WorldCat
1947 Libraries
Subject Classification: Internet--Political Aspects/Law and Legislation, Online Social Networks--Political Aspects

Google Books
4 Stars (16 reviews)

LibraryThing
Popularity: 166,644
72 Members
3.8 Stars
0 Reviews

I wanted to pick a book that I was going to really enjoy.  The Information Diet seemed most interesting to me because of the metaphor that it uses.  The other books seem to fit the topic of "Information Society" very well, but they did not seem as interesting to me because it looked like they read more like a textbook than an interesting book.

Wiley, Deborah Lynne. "The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption." Online 36.2 (2012): 61-2. ProQuest. Web. 12 Oct. 2014.