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Predictors of media multitasking in Chinese adolescents
International Journal of Psychology, 2016We examined predictors of media multitasking in Chinese adolescents from 3 contexts: characteristics of the media user, types of media use and family media contexts. Three hundred and twenty adolescents, 11-18 years of age, completed questionnaires to measure media use, impulsivity, sensation seeking, time management disposition and family media ...
Liqi Zhu
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Mindful multitasking: The relationship between mindful flexibility and media multitasking
Computers in Human Behavior, 2012With the insatiable demand for and corresponding burgeoning of electronic devices enabling individuals to accomplish many things simultaneously, effective multitasking may be a necessity in today's world. The present study was concerned with the improvement of media multitasking by increasing mindful flexibility through a state mindfulness induction ...
Amanda Ie +3 more
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Media Convergence and Media Multitasking
2013The present chapter focuses on media multitasking—a phenomenon that represents a current shift in media use behavior, following the recent trends towards technological and media convergence. In the first part we discuss the nature and scope of the phenomenon, reporting scientific findings on the prevalence and antecedents of media multitasking.
Snezhanka Kazakova, Verolien Cauberghe
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Mobile Media Use, Multitasking and Distractibility
International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 2012Portable media devices are ubiquitous and their use has become a core component of many people’s daily experience, but to what effect? In this paper, the authors review research on the ways in which media use and multitasking relate to distraction, distractibility and impulsivity.
Laura E. Levine +2 more
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Journal of Communication, 2012
The increasing popularity of media multitasking is frequently reported in national surveys while laboratory research consistently confirms that multitasking impairs task performance. This study explores this apparent contradiction. Using dynamic panel analysis of time series data collected from college students across 4 weeks, this study examines ...
Zheng Wang, John M. Tchernev
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The increasing popularity of media multitasking is frequently reported in national surveys while laboratory research consistently confirms that multitasking impairs task performance. This study explores this apparent contradiction. Using dynamic panel analysis of time series data collected from college students across 4 weeks, this study examines ...
Zheng Wang, John M. Tchernev
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Psychological Research, 2018
In two experiments, we sought to determine whether (a) people are aware of the frequently observed performance costs associated with engaging in media multitasking (Experiment 1), and (b) if so, whether they modulate the extent to which they engage in multitasking as a function of task demand (Experiment 2).
Ralph, Brandon CW +3 more
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In two experiments, we sought to determine whether (a) people are aware of the frequently observed performance costs associated with engaging in media multitasking (Experiment 1), and (b) if so, whether they modulate the extent to which they engage in multitasking as a function of task demand (Experiment 2).
Ralph, Brandon CW +3 more
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Multitasking: Digital Natives’ Interaction with New Media
2013We aimed to analyze multitasking behaviors of digital natives in Turkey while interacting with new media, within the scope of the following questions: What kind of multitasking behaviors do digital natives exhibit? How does being a multitasker influence digital natives' interaction with new media?
Tuba Ugras, Sevinç Gülseçen
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The Journal of Early Adolescence
This study aimed to investigate the differential relationship between Temperament, Executive Functioning (EF) and Media Use Motivations and the frequency of two kinds of Media Multitasking (MM) in early adolescence. Results showed differential roles of temperamental Effortful Control, Negative Affectivity and Affiliativeness in predicting academic MM ...
Doris Antonia Rogobete +2 more
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This study aimed to investigate the differential relationship between Temperament, Executive Functioning (EF) and Media Use Motivations and the frequency of two kinds of Media Multitasking (MM) in early adolescence. Results showed differential roles of temperamental Effortful Control, Negative Affectivity and Affiliativeness in predicting academic MM ...
Doris Antonia Rogobete +2 more
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Media multitasking and cognitive control
Computers in Human Behavior, 2019Extending from the increasing prevalence of media in personal, social, and work environments, research has indicated that media multitasking (i.e., engaging in more than one media or non-media activity simultaneously) is associated with changes in cognitive control and failures of everyday executive functioning.
Parry, Douglas A., Roux, Daniel B. le
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Media Multitasking and Mental Health
2018Multitasking—or task switching—has become a necessary function of modern life. Multitasking with media is a common practice among young people, who report its ease yet perform worse on individual tasks when they attempt to multitask. Adolescent media multitasking may be both adaptive and maladaptive and include prosocial outcomes and/or negative mental
Nancy A. Cheever +2 more
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