Facebook and texting made me do it: Media-induced task-switching while studying

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 948-958

  Rosen, Larry D ^a   Mark Carrier, L ^a   Cheever, Nancy A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Learning; Multitasking; Studying; Task switching; Technology

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS; FACEBOOK; GRADE POINT AVERAGE; HIGH SCHOOL; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; MEDIA USAGE; METACOGNITIVES; MIDDLE SCHOOL; POSITIVE ATTITUDE; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDYING; TASK-SWITCHING; TECHNOLOGY USE; TEXTING; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; MULTITASKING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; STUDENTS; SWITCHING; TECHNOLOGY;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84873831303     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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