1.
Did you
say TV is the least likely to be part of multitasking? Is that true for TV as
both the primary and secondary media? (I.e., I almost always do something else
while watching TV, but I rarely watch TV while I’m doing something else.)
It is true that, according to the study result of Foehr,
TV is least likely to be multitasked with another medium. As it shows below,
only 17% of respondents’ media multitasking time has television involved,
either as primary or secondary media. Honestly, the researcher found the survey
result of television is surprising too.
They
analyzed the parings of media multitasking regardless of whether the media were
primary or secondary activities. It is reasonable to think that TV is seldom
used as secondary media, which accounts for the low percentage of its time used
with another medium. I think it’s better to make a distinction of TV between
being primary or secondary to study it in different scenario, because the
researcher in this study did not expect such outcome of television.
2.
Do you
have any suggestion for young people on multitasking?
The
most reason why I think this is a good study because the author gave broader
implications expect his illustration and discussion of the statistical result,
which concerns about young people’s behaviors, psychological and neurological
changes during media multitasking, also some predictions and suggestions for
them.
From
my view, I do have suggestions for young people on media multitasking. Since
more and more young people become multitaskers, they should better know whether
their working efficiency has been improved or not and what is the best way for
them to multitask. For example, do I really finish my homework better with the
help of computer and instant message at the same time? Do I get along well better
with writing emails and reading online than texting message while reading
online. Make stop in time if you find yourself not being capable of doing too
much multitasking.
3. Thinking about multitasking, does using a laptop in a
classroom setting / learning environment facilitate learning? Or does it hinder
learning?
Actually
in this research, the researcher didn’t cover the analysis of using laptop in
classroom, considering that it was published in 2006. I do think now laptop
using in classroom is very important for studying multitasking for education. I
think there is no definite answer to decide whether it is helpful or harmful to
use laptop in classroom, it really depends on how much time and how you
multitask.
The
author also brought up an idea in the study that “we cannot process
simultaneously multiple non-related messages.” It means the brain only responds
when multiple information on different medium are relative, other wise we
cannot process. Thinking about using laptop during class, if we use laptop to
take notes, search relevant information simultaneously, our brain can process
these messages and thus facilitates out studying process. On the contrary, if
we use laptop for irrelevant activities during the class, our brains decline to
get the information therefore do harm to our studying efficiency.
