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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING

This study investigated students’ motivations for media multitask while studying and the effects of the presence of different forms of background media on students’ reading comprehension performance by adapting the case study design. This study had adopted the purposive sampling method to recruit 4...

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Main Author: Lo, Yong En
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020
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H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
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spelling my.unimas.ir.329432024-01-08T08:12:09Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32943/ UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING Lo, Yong En H Social Sciences (General) L Education (General) This study investigated students’ motivations for media multitask while studying and the effects of the presence of different forms of background media on students’ reading comprehension performance by adapting the case study design. This study had adopted the purposive sampling method to recruit 4 undergraduate students from UNIMAS who have the habit of studying with the presence of background media and have Band 4 and above for their MUET as participants. Students’ motivations to study along with background media were determined through interviews. Besides, the present study also examined if the presence of background media affects reading comprehension performance and how different forms of background media affects reading comprehension performance. Participants were tested on their reading comprehension performance under 4 conditions: lyrical music, non-lyrical music, video, and silence conditions. The findings from the interview show that there are 5 motivations why students prefer to study with background media, which are habit, boredom alleviation, prevent distraction, satisfy emotional needs, and relieve tiredness. Moreover, the findings show that the presence of background media impaired reading comprehension performance. Playing videos in the background affected the reading comprehension performance the most; the performance of the participant in lyrical music condition was slightly worse than the participant in non-lyrical music condition. The findings imply that it is important to select carefully the form of background media to combine with studying tasks. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2020 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32943/1/Lo%20Yong%20En%20-%2024%20pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32943/4/Lo%20Yong%20En%20ft.pdf Lo, Yong En (2020) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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English
topic H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
L Education (General)
Lo, Yong En
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING
description This study investigated students’ motivations for media multitask while studying and the effects of the presence of different forms of background media on students’ reading comprehension performance by adapting the case study design. This study had adopted the purposive sampling method to recruit 4 undergraduate students from UNIMAS who have the habit of studying with the presence of background media and have Band 4 and above for their MUET as participants. Students’ motivations to study along with background media were determined through interviews. Besides, the present study also examined if the presence of background media affects reading comprehension performance and how different forms of background media affects reading comprehension performance. Participants were tested on their reading comprehension performance under 4 conditions: lyrical music, non-lyrical music, video, and silence conditions. The findings from the interview show that there are 5 motivations why students prefer to study with background media, which are habit, boredom alleviation, prevent distraction, satisfy emotional needs, and relieve tiredness. Moreover, the findings show that the presence of background media impaired reading comprehension performance. Playing videos in the background affected the reading comprehension performance the most; the performance of the participant in lyrical music condition was slightly worse than the participant in non-lyrical music condition. The findings imply that it is important to select carefully the form of background media to combine with studying tasks.
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author Lo, Yong En
author_facet Lo, Yong En
author_sort Lo, Yong En
title UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING
title_short UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING
title_full UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING
title_fullStr UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING
title_full_unstemmed UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS’ MOTIVES ON BACKGROUND MEDIA USE AND ITS EFFECTS READING COMPREHENSION : A CASE STUDY ON MEDIA MULTITASKING
title_sort undergraduate students’ motives on background media use and its effects reading comprehension : a case study on media multitasking
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
publishDate 2020
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32943/1/Lo%20Yong%20En%20-%2024%20pgs.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/32943/4/Lo%20Yong%20En%20ft.pdf
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