An exploration of social networking site use, multitasking, and academic performance among United States and European university students

By Aryn C. Karpinski, Paul A. Kirschner, Ipek Ozer, Jennifer A. Mellott, Pius Ochwo. Computers in Human Behavior, 2013

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

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Analysis of nomofobic behaviors of adolescents regarding various factors (2016, background): “Moreover, some studies in the literature suggested that there is a negative relationship between students’ academic performance and mobile phone use (Judd, 2014, Karpinski et al., 2013; Rosen et al., 2013, Samaha & Hawi, 2016; Wentworth & Middleton, 2014; Kibona & Mgaya, 2015).”
The Relationship Between Cell Phone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of U.S. College Students (2015, background): “In addition, there is a growing amount of research that suggests electronic media in any form encourages multitasking (Jacobsen & Forste, 2011; Junco & Cotton, 2011, 2012; Karpinski et al., 2013; Kirschner & Karpinski, 2010; Wood et al., 2012) and task-switching Table 2.”
Efficient, helpful, or distracting? A literature review of media multitasking in relation to academic performance (2018, unknown): “Amount of texting and texting while multitasking was negatively predictive of overall GPA for U.S. students (Karpinski, Kirschner, Ozer, Mellott, & Ochwo, 2013).”
Factors influencing the use of social media by SMEs and its performance outcomes (2015, background): “In the past, studies on the social media particularly Facebook either focus on factors influencing usage (Akar and Topcu, 2011; Sin et al., 2012), types of usage (Bonsón and Ratkai, 2013; Sarosa, 2012; Wong, 2012) or impact of usage (Chu et al., 2012; Karpinski et al., 2013).”
Smartphones and Cognition: A Review of Research Exploring the Links between Mobile Technology Habits and Cognitive Functioning (2017, background): “…2014; Lepp et al., 2014), instant messaging (Levine et 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…”
Relationships among smartphone addiction, stress, academic performance, and satisfaction with life (2016, background): “A cross-cultural study between US and European university students compared the effects of social networking on academic performance, and found that only the US sample showed a negative relationship (Karpinski et al., 2013).”
Student class standing, Facebook use, and academic performance (2015, background): “However, other studies have shown that students need help with regulating their multitasking and the results of the current study suggest that freshmen might be a group of students that need additional help in this domain (Karpinski et al., 2012; Rouis et al., 2011).”