Media Multitasking, Internet Addiction, and Multitasking in Online and Face-to-Face College Courses

• In Event: Challenges in Preparing for, and Issues of Attention in, Online Education

Abstract

The two purposes of this study were to examine the relationships between media multitasking and multitasking in online and face to face college courses, and to explore internet addiction as a mediator. Paper-based surveys were collected from undergraduate students at a large, public, Midwestern university (N = 278). Results from the mediated multiple regression found that internet addiction was a significant and partial (i.e., complementary) mediator between media multitasking and multitasking in online and face to face courses after controlling for gender and age. Suggestions for future research and the significance of the findings are discussed.

Authors

• Ashley L. Hartlaub, Kent State University

• Aryn C. Karpinski, Kent State University - Kent

• Andrew Lepp, Kent State University

• Jacob Barkley, Kent State University

• Jason D. Schenker, Kent State University