Who Multitasks on Smartphones? Smartphone Multitaskers' Motivations and Personality Traits

Lim, Sohye; Shim, Hongjin

doi:10.1089/cyber.2015.0225

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“…Our results also confirmed this hypothesis. The relationship between frequent, engaged smartphone use and multitasking [ 54 , 55 ], which may be detrimental to academic achievement [ 56 ], may potentially explain these findings. Those with additional access to technology may be more prone to multitasking [ 57 ], which may in turn lead to less in-depth or more superficial learning.…”

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Problematic Smartphone Use, Deep and Surface Approaches to Learning, and Social Media Use in Lectures

Rozgonjuk

Saal

Täht

2018

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Several studies have shown that problematic smartphone use (PSU) is related to detrimental outcomes, such as worse psychological well-being, higher cognitive distraction, and poorer academic outcomes. In addition, many studies have shown that PSU is strongly related to social media use. Despite this, the relationships between PSU, as well as the frequency of social media use in lectures, and different approaches to learning have not been previously studied. In our study, we hypothesized that both PSU and the frequency of social media use in lectures are negatively correlated with a deep approach to learning (defined as learning for understanding) and positively correlated with a surface approach to learning (defined as superficial learning). The study participants were 415 Estonian university students aged 19–46 years (78.8% females; age M = 23.37, SD = 4.19); the effective sample comprised 405 participants aged 19–46 years (79.0% females; age M = 23.33, SD = 4.21). In addition to basic socio-demographics, participants were asked about the frequency of their social media use in lectures, and they filled out the Estonian Smartphone Addiction Proneness Scale and the Estonian Revised Study Process Questionnaire. Bivariate correlation analysis showed that PSU and the frequency of social media use in lectures were negatively correlated with a deep approach to learning and positively correlated with a surface approach to learning. Mediation analysis showed that social media use in lectures completely mediates the relationship between PSU and approaches to learning. These results indicate that the frequency of social media use in lectures might explain the relationships between poorer academic outcomes and PSU.

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Problematic Smartphone Use, Deep and Surface Approaches to Learning, and Social Media Use in Lectures

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2018

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“…However, it is not clear whether they are also related to multiscreening. For example, sensation seeking was found to be a predictor of media multitasking in general (Jeong and Fishbein 2007), but not for media multitasking with smartphones (Lim and Shim 2016). Future research could extent this work by examining psychological user-related factors in relation to multiscreening.…”

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Insight into everyday media use with multiple screens

Segijn

Voorveld

Vandeberg

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International Journal of Advertising

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Multiscreening has been shown to affect consumers' brand attitudes and their memory of advertisements. However, little is known about the prevalence of using multiple screens simultaneously. The aim of this study is to provide insight into multiscreening by examining its prevalence, the composition of screens, and who is likely to multiscreen. A diary study with a representative sample of the Dutch population (n = 2,399) was conducted. First, the results showed that almost 60% of the participants multiscreened at least once. They multiscreened on average three days a week, mostly on Sundays, and on average more than 80 minutes per day. Second, the most prevalent screen combinations were TV-smartphone, TV-laptop, and TV-tablet. Third, multiscreeners were on average 41 years old, predominantly female, have a higher than average education, and own on average more than four screens. Finally, it was found that, in general, younger participants multiscreened longer than older participants.

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“…The Ingunn and Rice study (2007) explains that motivations leading to perform multitasking are based on three main aspects: first, it requires doing multiple activities simultaneously with the subsequent time optimization, second, it fights boredom, and third, calms impatience since it is possible to manage several things at the same time. Accordingly, smartphone users perform multitask for efficiency, feeling positive sensations and usefulness (Lim & Shim, 2016).…”

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Uses and gratifications of multiscreen news consumption among Spanish youth

Cambra

González

De-Marchis

2021

Communication & Society

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This paper aims to describe how Spanish youth use multiscreen in a news search context, and what are the gratifications they obtain through this multichannel model. A survey was responded by a panel of 441 individuals representative of the national population in an 18-35 age range. Five gratifications were found: the desire to obtain “information in real time,” “social interaction,” “comprehension,” “leisure,” and “habit.” The desire to obtain “information in real time” predicts multiscreen use behavior when searching for news. Moreover, three factors are relevant when predicting the duration of multiscreen use: “information in real time,” “social interaction,” and “leisure.”

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Who Multitasks on Smartphones? Smartphone Multitaskers' Motivations and Personality Traits

Cited by 27 publications

References 20 publications

Problematic Smartphone Use, Deep and Surface Approaches to Learning, and Social Media Use in Lectures

Problematic Smartphone Use, Deep and Surface Approaches to Learning, and Social Media Use in Lectures

Insight into everyday media use with multiple screens

Uses and gratifications of multiscreen news consumption among Spanish youth

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