Media multitasking between two conversational tasks

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1657-1663

  David, Prabu ^b   Xu, Linda ^a   Srivastava, Jatin ^c   Kim, Jung Hyun ^b  

^a Shanghai Branch Office   (China)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Instant messenger; Limited capacity; Media multitasking; Task performance; Voice communication

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; INSTANT MESSENGERS; LIMITED CAPACITY; PHONE CONVERSATIONS; STRATEGIC MODELS; TASK DEMAND; TASK PERFORMANCE;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE SETS;

MULTITASKING;

EID: 84875197172     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.01.052     Document Type: Article

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