title: Multitasking With Television Among Adolescents.
abstract: Using Ecological Momentary Assessment, we explored predictors of adolescents' television (TV) multitasking behaviors. We investigated whether demographic characteristics (age, gender, race/ethnicity, and maternal education) predict adolescents' likelihood of multitasking with TV. We also explored whether characteristics of the TV-multitasking moment (affect, TV genre, attention to people, and media multitasking) predict adolescents' likelihood of paying primary versus secondary attention to TV. Demographic characteristics do not predict TV multitasking. In TV-multitasking moments, primary attention to TV was more likely if adolescents experienced negative affect, watched a drama, or attended to people; it was less likely if they used computers or video games.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago.
authors.forename: Claire G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.affiliation: University of Texas.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bickham
authors.affiliation: Boston University; Northeastern University.
authors.forename: Craig S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School; Harvard School of Public Health.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rich