No A 4 U: The relationship between multitasking and academic performance

By Reynol Junco, Shelia R. Cotten. Comput. Educ., 2012

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Subfields: Education, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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In-class multitasking and academic performance (2012, background): “Specifically, Junco and Cotten (2012) found that time spent using Facebook and texting while studying was negatively related to overall college GPA.”
Smartphones and Cognition: A Review of Research Exploring the Links between Mobile Technology Habits and Cognitive Functioning (2017, background): “…al., 2007; Fox et al., 2009), social networking (Kirschner and Karpinski, 2010; Junco, 2012b; Karpinski et al., 2012; Paul et al., 2012), media multitasking (Junco, 2012a; Rosen et al., 2013; Sana et al., 2013), and general electronic media usage (Jacobsen and Forste, 2011; Junco and Cotten, 2012).”
Comparing actual and self-reported measures of Facebook use (2013, positive): “…of their psychological, interpersonal, and developmental experiences (Back et al., 2010; Ellison et al., 2007, 2011; Junco, 2012a, 2012b, 2012c; Junco & Cotten, 2012; Kirschner & Karpinski, 2010; Kolek & Saunders , 2008; Ong et al., 2011; Pasek et al., 2009; Pempek et al., 2009; Ross et al.,…”
The invisible addiction: Cell-phone activities and addiction among male and female college students (2014, background): “The questionnaire took 10 and 15 minutes to complete and contained a measure of cell-phone addiction and questions that asked how much time participants spent daily on 24 cell-phone activities.”
Too Much Information (2015, positive): “The effects of multitasking on academic performance were examined in numerous studies (Becker et al., 2013; Junco & Cotten, 2012; Karpinski, Kirschner, Ozer, Mellott, & Ochwo, 2013; Lepp et al., 2014; Wang & Tchernev, 2012).”
Use of multiple social media platforms and symptoms of depression and anxiety: A nationally-representative study among U.S. young adults (2017, positive): “…related to decreased ability to sustain attention (Kiisel, 2012; Litsa, 2014), poor academic performance (Cain, Leonard, Gabrieli, & Finn, 2016; Junco & Cotten, 2012; Rosen, Carrier, & Cheever, 2013), decreased subjective wellbeing (van der Schuur, Baumgartner, Sumter, & Valkenburg, 2015), and…”
Relationships among smartphone addiction, stress, academic performance, and satisfaction with life (2016, result): “Some of these findings are congruent with other studies especially the relationship with academic performance (Jackson, Von Eye,Witt, Zhao,& Fitzgerald, 2011; Jacobsen& Forste, 2011; Junco & Cotten, 2012; Kibona & Mgaya, 2015; Lepp et al., 2014; Wentworth & Middleton, 2014).”
To excel or not to excel: Strong evidence on the adverse effect of smartphone addiction on academic performance (2016, background): “The results from the binary logistic regression found that students who are at high risk of smartphone addiction are less likely to achieve distinctive GPAs, thus confirming Junco and Cotten's result (Junco & Cotten, 2012).”
The consequences of media multitasking for youth: A review (2015, neutral): “In most studies on the relationship between media multitasking and academic performance, academic performance refers to academic outcomes , such as grade point average (GPA), course grades, or test scores (e.g., Junco & Cotten, 2012; Wood et al., 2012).”
The Relation Between Smartphone Use and Everyday Inattention (2017, background): “In academic settings, the available evidence suggests that students who use their mobile phones to text or talk while completing schoolwork have poorer educational outcomes than those who do not (Junco & Cotten, 2012).”
The myths of the digital native and the multitasker (2017, background): “Research by Junco and Cotten (2012) and Junco (2012) also found that students who, while studying, surf the web and update/follow Facebook for both related and unrelated information to the class, have depressed GPAs.”
Social media and education: reconceptualizing the boundaries of formal and informal learning (2016, background): “Similarly, Junco and Cotton (2013) examined how students multitask with Facebook and found that using Facebook while doing schoolwork was negatively associated with their overall grade point average.”
Student class standing, Facebook use, and academic performance (2015, methodology): “As has been found in previous research, multitasking with Facebook was negatively related to GPA (Junco, 2012c; Junco & Cotten, 2012; Rosen et al., 2011; Wood et al., 2012).”
The Relationship Between Cell Phone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of U.S. College Students (2015, methodology): “Indeed, several studies reveal that students frequently report using a variety of electronic media including cell phones while in class, studying, and doing homework (Jacobsen & Forste, 2011; Junco & Cotton, 2012; Sánchez-Martínez & Otero, 2009; Tindell & Bohlander, 2012).”
An exploration of social networking site use, multitasking, and academic performance among United States and European university students (2013, background): “An increasing number of studies have observed that university students engage in several multimedia activities (e.g., IMing, SNS use, YouTube (cid:2) ) while simultaneously performing their academic tasks (Grinter, Palen, & Eldridge, 2006; Huang & Leung, 2009; Junco & Cotten, 2010, 2012).”