WVII interviews Erdley about teenagers’ media use
WVII (Channel 7) spoke with Cynthia Erdley, a psychology professor at the University of Maine, for a report on a new study by Common Sense Media that found teenagers consume nine hours of media a day across multiple platforms. Erdley said many students watch TV or listen to music while doing homework, dividing their attention. “It is certainly not going to be working at 100 percent,” Erdley said of doing homework while being plugged in. “So they’ll get some of it, but if you are not completely focused you are not going to process all of that. It’s not going to get into your working memory in a way that you are going to get it back out fully.” She suggests making sure teens split their time between school-related requirements and leisure activities, the report states.