Can students really multitask? An experimental study of instant messaging while reading

By Laura L. Bowman, L. Levine, B. Waite, Michael S. Gendron. Comput. Educ., 2010

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The consequences of media multitasking for youth: A review (2015, unknown): “44 (Bowman et al., 2010; Fox et al., 2009; Pool et al., 2003a; Subrahmanyam et al., 2013).”
The Wired Generation: Academic and Social Outcomes of Electronic Media Use Among University Students (2011, unknown): “10 Bowman et al., in an experiment regarding multitasking, found that students took longer to read a passage if they were IMing at the same time; but IMing did not affect comprehension relative to students that read without IMing.”
Reading linear texts on paper versus computer screen: Effects on reading comprehension (2013, background): “…of how the ease of multitasking provided by the computer might come at a cognitive cost, something which is evidenced in a number of studies (Bowman, Levine, Waite, & Gendron, 2010; Fox, Rosen, & Crawford, 2009; Kirschner & Karpinski, 2010; Lin, 2009; Lin, Robertson, & Lee, 2009; Ophir,…”
Facebook and texting made me do it: Media-induced task-switching while studying (2013, methodology): “Additionally, using college students Bowman et al. (2010) had control group participants read a passage and take a test with two experimental groups, one that held an instant message (IM) conversation before reading and a second group who were interrupted with an IM conversation partway through…”
Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018, background): “Participants may re-read certain parts of the article after interruption; although this increases reading time, it can make up for deficits in comprehension (Bowman et al., 2010; Fox et al., 2009).”