Title
Explicating multitasking with computers: Gratifications and situations
Abstract
This study tries to test the theory of uses and gratifications and the theory of situated action as explanations of multitasking in computer-mediated communication. Based on the data collected from an online survey (N=234), we find that as hypothesized, different gratifications and situations are connected to different types of multitasking in different ways. In particular, multimedia and work-related multitasking are primarily driven by instrumental gratifications whereas affective gratifications contribute to multimedia and interaction type of multitasking. Situational factors have less powerful influence compared to gratifications. However, there are clear differences that discern types of computer multitasking along the situational dimension.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.chb.2012.05.006
Computers in Human Behavior
Keywords
Field
DocType
Computer-mediated communication,Gratification,Multitasking,Situation,Situated action
Social psychology,Situated,Gratification,Psychology,Situational ethics,Computer-mediated communication,Computer multitasking,Human multitasking,Affect (psychology)
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
28
5
0747-5632
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
17
0.92
8
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Weiyu Zhang18712.67
Lingzi Zhang2181.61