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- Schumm and Post defined distraction as “diverted attention from a desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information,” and Regan et al. provided a similar definition of distraction as “a form of inattention that shifts attention away from the task at hand.”
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What does the adjective distract mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective distract, four of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
This literature review develops a comprehensive definition of distraction, summarizes three main types of distraction (multitasking, mind-wandering, and using digital devices), and proposes two new types of distraction (unexpected interruption and consistent interference).
Basically, four general types of distraction emerge from the operational definitions present in the literature on distraction and persuasion: in- structional, behavioral, audio, and visual distraction. Instructional Distraction.
Oct 8, 2022 · This literature review develops a comprehensive definition of distraction, summarizes three main types of distraction (multitasking, mind-wandering, and using digital devices), and proposes two...
- Chenghao Wang
- The Paper Book
- The E-Reader
- The Laptop
- The Smartphone
- The Tablet
- The Audiobook
- Location
- Cross-Synchronising
In the interviews, the participants (P) mentioned that paperbacks were easier to take along. They could be folded and used for notetaking. However, as P10 stated, they were not very practical because they do not last long (“if I bring a paperback for multiple days the edges get scuffed and stuff like that and it’s really annoying”). Two students ex...
E-readers were perceived by the students as a budget-friendly alternative because e-readers were ‘not heavy’ (P3), e-books were ‘disposable’ (P6) and cheaper (P1, P4 and P12), and ‘you can get all the classics for free’ (P5). The students used multiple features specific to the e-reader. P4 explained that they changed the font-size of the pages of t...
Participants stated they generally used a laptop rather than a desktop computer because they lived in dorms. While the students read e-books on their e-reader for pleasure, when they used their laptop, they tended to read PDFs to support their studies or because the story was otherwise unavailable. P8 also mentioned reading short stories on the lap...
Nearly half of the interviewed students (46.6%) said they occasionally read literature on their smartphones. They remarked they used smartphone apps for literary reading, some specifically for reading e-books. While they described this as convenient - for reading short texts and for a short time—most of these students referred to the negative rathe...
Four students read literature on a tablet. Overall, they were positive about this experience, although P11 mentioned that the light of the screen kept him awake. These four students explained that, compared to the laptop, the tablet was more portable, that the battery lasted longer, and that swiping was easier than scrolling. Compared to the book, ...
Most of the students (60.0%) were not keen on using audiobooks for literary ‘reading’. One participant highlighted potential issues with this device, relating to not absorbing what was being narrated (“cannot take the words in”), a discrepancy between his reading rhythm and that of the narrator (“I have to wait”, “can’t follow”), and a dissonance i...
In terms of literary reading, one tends to have location-related habits, preferences and favourite places. Here, we provide an overview of the sites mentioned by the participants. More than half of the students (60.0%) indicated that they consciously decided where to read. In this study, we distinguish between inside and outside locations. We asked...
The results of the interviews provide support for earlier findings that students read using a range of devices and a variety of locations (see Burke 2011; Burke and Bon 2018). The participants here were hybrid readers as they habitually used multiple devices. In this section, we test the expectation that they also qualify as post-hybrid readers (E1...
Concise definitions, usage tips, and lots of examples for 136 literary devices and terms.
Red Herring Definition. What is a red herring? Here’s a quick and simple definition: A red herring is a piece of information in a story that distracts readers from an important truth, or leads them to mistakenly expect a particular outcome.
