Gender, technology use and ownership, and media-based multitasking among middle school students

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-106

  Cotten, Shelia R ^a   Shank, Daniel B ^b   Anderson, William A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital inequalities; Gender; Information and communication technology; Media; Multitasking; Secondary education

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION MEDIA; DIGITAL INEQUALITIES; GENDER; GENDER DIFFERENCES; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; MEDIA; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS;

MULTITASKING;

EID: 84896906993     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.02.041     Document Type: Article

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