Why do media users multitask?: Motives for general, medium-specific, and content-specific types of multitasking

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 542-548

  Hwang, Yoori ^a   Kim, Hyoungjee ^b   Jeong, Se Hoon ^b  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Content specific; Medium specific; Motives; Multitasking; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET;

CONTENT-SPECIFIC; INTERNET BASED; MEDIUM-SPECIFIC; MOTIVES; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

MULTITASKING;

EID: 84902296444     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.04.040     Document Type: Article

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