ABSTRACT

Media multitasking has been receiving increased attention from communication scholars as well as scholar in other fields, with studies focusing on the prevalence, predictors, behavior, and effects. Several recent papers have provided overviews of findings from media multitasking research, or provided frameworks to help researchers think about conceptual issues around multitasking. This article expands on those efforts by refining the methodological elements that are important to consider in media multitasking research. We discuss the validity of operationalizations in previous studies, and the impact that design and measures had on the conclusions drawn. In order to do this, we map the different options for manipulating and measuring media multitasking, discuss the implications, and provide guidelines for future research examining media multitasking to help connect disparate findings and provide additional guidance for researchers to move forward with this topic.

摘要

媒体多任务处理越来越受到传播学者以及其他领域学者的关注，研究重点是流行，预测因素，行为和效果。最近的几篇论文概述了媒体多任务研究的发现，或者提供了框架来帮助研究人员思考围绕多任务的概念性问题。本文通过完善在媒体多任务研究中需要考虑的重要方法论要素，进一步扩展了这些努力。我们讨论了以前研究中的可操作性的有效性，以及设计和措施对得出的结论的影响。为此，我们绘制了用于处理和衡量媒体多任务处理的不同选项，并讨论了其含义，