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Attention in our digital ecosystem: The five interactive components that drive media multitasking.
Allison C Drody1, Effie J Pereira2,3, Daniel Smilek4
1Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, PAS Building, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada. acdrody@uwaterloo.ca.
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
|June 27, 2025
Summary
Digital media advances have increased media multitasking. A new interactive model explains this behavior using temporal, cognitive, dispositional, metacognitive, and environmental factors.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Media Studies
- Human-Computer Interaction
Background:
- Digital media device portability and platform sophistication have transformed media engagement.
- Existing dual-tasking research provides a foundation, but voluntary media multitasking factors are less understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore voluntary and dynamic factors influencing media multitasking behavior.
- To propose an interactive model for understanding non-required media multitasking.
Main Methods:
- Review of recent studies on non-required media multitasking.
- Development of an interactive model incorporating temporal dimensions and key components.
Main Results:
- The proposed interactive model integrates temporal dynamics (stable to transient).
- Five key components (cognitive architecture, dispositional, metacognitive, task-valuation, environmental) influence media multitasking likelihood.
Conclusions:
- The interactive model offers a framework for understanding the dynamic nature of media multitasking.
- This model can guide future research on how media multitasking is embedded in daily life.
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