Media multitasking performance: Role of message relevance and formatting cues in online environments

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 888-895

  Srivastava, Jatin ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cue density; Limited capacity; Media multitasking; Multitasking performance; Online message processing; Relevance

Indexed keywords

DEPENDENT VARIABLES; LIMITED CAPACITY; MESSAGE PROCESSING; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS; REDUCED MEMORY; RELEVANCE;

ERRORS;

MULTITASKING;

EID: 84872730689     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.023     Document Type: Article

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