Brittany Serkus
Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents
Georgian Court University
Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents
The recent development of media technologies has made great changes to the way individuals consume media content. With convenient access to the media, individuals are more likely to overuse these technological services, resulting in increased media saturation. Having access to so many different forms of material, programs, and other internet services has inevitably increased the amount of information processed within a limited length of time. This has led to the use of media multitasking as a type of information management …show more content…
al., 2014). Overstimulation, for example, may eventually make adolescents lose interest in less stimulating activities. Face-to-face communication is another factor that is greatly affected when continuously media multitasking, eventually affecting adolescent development. Another factor that may effect this relationship is initial deficits in executive function, as lack in executive function leads to poorly planned impulsive behaviors. After acknowledging these factors, it is also possible that media multitasking will positively enhance these deficits, allowing adolescents to fully focus on more stimulating material. The tests used to observe the relationship between media multitasking and executive function may have skewed results due to self-reports that were measured. Whereas, individuals may have focused more on their self-schema about their ability to focus attention, and were more likely to report larger numbers when remarking on their executive function problems (Baumgartner et. al., 2014). The cross-sectional design of this study cannot adequately determine the relationship between media multitasking and executive function, but with future longitudinal assessments of media will help to understand the relationship between media multitasking and the central components of executive …show more content…
With an increase in media usage, individuals are becoming more concerned with how technology may affect executive function. Throughout this article, Baumgartner et. al. (2014) describe the different forms of multi-media tasking while examining their effects on the three central executive brain functions. Understanding these particular functions in correlation to media-multitasking is crucial when trying to conduct any future research within this topic. Baumgartner et. al., 2014 used several different tasks to assess executive function, while trying to capture a comprehensive picture of the effects of media multitasking (Baumgartner et. al.,
Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents
Georgian Court University
Relationship between Media Multitasking and Executive Function in Early Adolescents
The recent development of media technologies has made great changes to the way individuals consume media content. With convenient access to the media, individuals are more likely to overuse these technological services, resulting in increased media saturation. Having access to so many different forms of material, programs, and other internet services has inevitably increased the amount of information processed within a limited length of time. This has led to the use of media multitasking as a type of information management …show more content…
al., 2014). Overstimulation, for example, may eventually make adolescents lose interest in less stimulating activities. Face-to-face communication is another factor that is greatly affected when continuously media multitasking, eventually affecting adolescent development. Another factor that may effect this relationship is initial deficits in executive function, as lack in executive function leads to poorly planned impulsive behaviors. After acknowledging these factors, it is also possible that media multitasking will positively enhance these deficits, allowing adolescents to fully focus on more stimulating material. The tests used to observe the relationship between media multitasking and executive function may have skewed results due to self-reports that were measured. Whereas, individuals may have focused more on their self-schema about their ability to focus attention, and were more likely to report larger numbers when remarking on their executive function problems (Baumgartner et. al., 2014). The cross-sectional design of this study cannot adequately determine the relationship between media multitasking and executive function, but with future longitudinal assessments of media will help to understand the relationship between media multitasking and the central components of executive …show more content…
With an increase in media usage, individuals are becoming more concerned with how technology may affect executive function. Throughout this article, Baumgartner et. al. (2014) describe the different forms of multi-media tasking while examining their effects on the three central executive brain functions. Understanding these particular functions in correlation to media-multitasking is crucial when trying to conduct any future research within this topic. Baumgartner et. al., 2014 used several different tasks to assess executive function, while trying to capture a comprehensive picture of the effects of media multitasking (Baumgartner et. al.,