The impact of media multitasking on learning

Multitasking is not a new concept, but with the development of new media and technologies, it has attracted increasing attention in recent years. Recent trend seems to indicate that the generation generation of young generation is increasing. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the student gained more or less information under multitasking conditions. Together with 130 college students, we examined the relationship between multitasking and attention, cognitive loading and media. In this study, participants were asked to specify three conditions: silent (read only), background multitask (indicating reading of un-tested video), and test multitask (reading test video) (16 minutes) I got a reading test. Displays simultaneous conditions. Group performance under test conditions was significantly better than that of the group when (1) participants in the background condition and participants in the quiet condition and (2) participants tested their video understanding . Background situation The results of this study indicate that cognitive load plays an important role in determining the amount of information held by a student when performing multiple tasks at once.

In today's society multitasking of media or concurrent consumption of multiple forms of media is becoming common and related to psychosocial and cognitive adverse effects. Individuals engaged in heavier media multitasking behaved worse with respect to cognitive control tasks and showed more social emotional difficulties. However, neural processes associated with media multitasking have not yet been considered. This study examined the relationship between multitasking activity of the media and brain structure. Research has shown that long-term exposure to new environments and experiences can change brain structure. Therefore, we expect that differences in media participation in multitasking are related to brain structure diversity. This was confirmed by voxel based morphometry (VBM) analysis: individuals with a higher media multitask index (MMI) score had lower gray matter density in the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC).

This study investigated the effect of multitasking behavior of media on social and mental health of university students (indicated by social success, normality, and self-control measures). To address the inconsistencies found in recent literature, we describe media multitasking behavior through motivation, features, and context. In particular, with regard to social interactions, we will examine the incoming motives and challenges of the main tasks. Synchronized social interaction was found to be significantly positively correlated with social success, normality and self management. However, as anticipated, media multitasking during synchronized social interactions is associated with a reduction in social success. In addition, while media multitasking during cognitive activity is associated with a decline in self-management, media multitasking during recreational activity is associated with increased social success, normal condition, and self-management.