Media Multitasking Behavior: Concurrent Television and Computer Usage.
Changes in the media landscape have made simultaneous usage of the computer and television increasingly commonplace, but little research has explored how individuals navigate this media multitasking environment. Prior work suggests that self-insight may be limited in media consumption and multitaski...
| Publicado en: | CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking Vol. 14; no. 9; pp. 527 - 535 |
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Sep2011
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