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Effects of media multi-tasking with Facebook on the enjoyment and encoding of TV episodes

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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:51 authored by Vanessa Oviedo, Michelle Tornquist, Cameron Tierney, Dan Chiappe
The study examined the consequences of media multi-tasking involving Facebook and TV sitcoms. Experiment 1 had participants watch TV episodes of their choosing while interacting with Facebook, or on their own, and assessed their enjoyment of the episodes, their overall mood, as well as memory for the episodes. It also examined how these variables were affected by the participants’ prior media multi-tasking experience. Experiment 2 manipulated the degree to which participants had to interact with Facebook while watching TV episodes. We found that participants enjoyed the episodes more under single task conditions than under dual task conditions, and they recalled more details of the episodes under single task conditions. Moreover, the participants who had to engage in more interactions with Facebook had less enjoyment and worse memory than those with less Facebook interactions. Finally, those participants that reported frequently engaging in media multi-tasking outside of the experiment benefitted the most from watching the TV episodes under single task conditions.

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Computers in Human Behavior

ISSN

0747-5632

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

51

Page range

407-417

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-10-20

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2015-10-18

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