Multitasking: the Uncertain Impact of Technology on Knowledge Workers and Managers Frank Bannister and Dan Remenyi Trinity College‚ Dublin Frank.Bannister@tcd.ie Dan.Remenyi@tcd.ie Abstract: While the productivity paradox has now been officially pronounced dead‚ the argument and the evidence for this assertion are both at a macroeconomic level. What has been less closely examined is the microeconomic impact of recent developments in ICT on the productivity of office and knowledge workers
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Media Use‚ Face- to-Face communication‚ Media Multitasking‚ and Social Well-Being Among 8- to 12-Year-Old Girls Abstract In an online survey through Discovery Girls magazine‚ researchers examined how the use of media devices‚ video games‚ video use‚ and other modern day electronics and social media devices affect social well-being in 8 to 12 year old girls. The study uses regression analyses using how much time young girls used certain electronics and other forms of media. The study found
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attempt demanding task simultaneously‚we ended up doing neither as well as we should because our brains have cognitive limits". In other words‚the author is trying to say that is better to do one thing at a time than multitasking because the brain will work better‚ and if we are multitasking‚we will have a worse memory. For example‚ sometimes at my job‚ I have to multitask. This made my memory worse because I try to do three or more jobs at once‚ like holding wires‚ connecting them‚ connecting outlets
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Erica Chambers Dr. Wolfgang Lepschy ENC 1101 February 12‚ 2015 Summary Response In “Multitasking Can Make You Lose . . . Um . . . Focus‚” an article published in the New York Times‚ Alina Tugend observes how multitasking has become an accepted day-to-day practice. Tugend argues that even though multitasking can keep things entertaining‚ it takes away focus and we are not being as productive as we believe ourselves to be. According to Tugend‚ our brains may only need a few seconds to switch between
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Multitasking: Good or Bad? (Argumentative Essay) What is multitasking that it became something that people resort to in doing their jobs? Multitasking is doing multiple jobs simultaneously. In doing this‚ you get to finish more jobs in a given amount of time. With the increasing amount of work that needs to be done‚ this can be very helpful. Furthermore‚ the ability to multitask effectively would sound appealing to a job employer for the reason that a person could finish a lot of jobs in a short
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Is multitasking really possible? 10/23/13 TUGEND‚ A. (2008). Shortcuts - Multitasking Can Make You Lose ... Um ... Focus NYTimes.com. The New York Times - Breaking News‚ World News & Multimedia. Retrieved October 18‚ 2013‚ from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/business/yourmoney/25shortcuts.html?pagewanted=all In this 2008 New York Times article by Alina Tugend the topic of discussion is on whether multitasking can make us
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emerged as part of people’s lifestyle‚ there is an increase of multitasking that is now part of our lives. In some people’s perspective‚ multitasking can be seen as an advantage; for example‚ in the business world‚ constantly performing several tasks at once can lead to a drop in productivity. This has affected the way our brains function‚ it raises stress levels‚ and sometimes causes headaches or migraines. It may seem like multitasking is a method to finish quickly and to get tasks done throughout
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Déjà Jefferson Psych 102-036 19 September 2014 Unit 2 Mini-Multitaskers Multitasking is something that most teens do in their everyday life. Whether it is during studying time‚ hangout time‚ or even family time‚ teens tend to engage in multiple tasks at the same time. Rebecca A. Clay‚ the author of Mini-Multitaskers‚ also agrees with this concept. Her overall main point throughout the article is that Multitasking prevents teens form learning and retaining information. In the article‚ it is
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Supertaskers are said to be individuals who are exceptional at multitasking but their performance on the tasks do not lack. Multitasking is a common concept which is done daily for example when people use their cell phones while driving. Supertasking is accounted for within the multiple resources framework by analyzing the dual use of cognition‚ perception‚ visual‚ auditory‚ and ect. To determine how supertaskers‚ and multitaskers are subjected to Fmri and driving simulators to analyze the difference
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Oct 2013 Technology Look back at our day so far‚ how many people have we seen ignoring the world around them‚ not paying attention to the cashier or not absorbing the information in class? In Alina Tugend essay‚ multitasking can make you lose…Um... focus‚ she reported that multitasking may seem like it saves people time however‚ it makes people less efficient. It may be true that technology provides us with time-saving devices like push to cars‚ cell-phones that consist of 4G internet access‚ and
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