The Impact of Fragmented Information on the Concentration of Undergraduate Students in the past Five Years

Jianjun Chen, Chengpeng Zhang

2025

Abstract

Fragmented information consumption today is linked to declining sustained attention, especially among undergraduates. This study elucidates mechanistic pathways through which social media-driven fragmented information exposure impacts cognitive functioning. Employing a mixed-methods design, the research integrated psychometric questionnaires (administered to 95 undergraduates) to quantify fragmented information exposure patterns, alongside Python-based web crawlers systematically capturing emotional lexicon distributions from Xiaohongshu (REDNOTE) platform discourse. Multidimensional validation through Pearson correlation and sentiment polarity modeling revealed three key findings: (1) high-frequency users (≥3 h/day) exhibited 37.2% reduction in attentional persistence relative to controls; (2) 78.6% of participants demonstrated diminished academic task performance during instructional periods; (3) 61.3% manifested increased procrastination prevalence in non-academic contexts. Cognitive resource depletion and switching cost accumulation are identified as primary pathways. The evidence underscores the imperative for tripartite intervention frameworks comprising cognitive conditioning protocols, restructured pedagogical ecosystems, and techno-ethical governance models.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Chen J. and Zhang C. (2025). The Impact of Fragmented Information on the Concentration of Undergraduate Students in the past Five Years. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Public Relations and Media Communication - Volume 1: PRMC; ISBN 978-989-758-778-8, SciTePress, pages 545-554. DOI: 10.5220/0013995800004916

in Bibtex Style

@conference{prmc25,
author={Jianjun Chen and Chengpeng Zhang},
title={The Impact of Fragmented Information on the Concentration of Undergraduate Students in the past Five Years},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Public Relations and Media Communication - Volume 1: PRMC},
year={2025},
pages={545-554},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013995800004916},
isbn={978-989-758-778-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Public Relations and Media Communication - Volume 1: PRMC
TI - The Impact of Fragmented Information on the Concentration of Undergraduate Students in the past Five Years
SN - 978-989-758-778-8
AU - Chen J.
AU - Zhang C.
PY - 2025
SP - 545
EP - 554
DO - 10.5220/0013995800004916
PB - SciTePress