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Tiffany A. Pempek
Researcher at Hollins University
Publications - 23
Citations - 4415
Tiffany A. Pempek is an academic researcher from Hollins University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cognition & Computer-mediated communication. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 22 publications receiving 4077 citations. Previous affiliations of Tiffany A. Pempek include University of Massachusetts Amherst & Georgetown University.
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College students' social networking experiences on Facebook
TL;DR: For instance, this article found that 92 undergraduates completed a diary-like measure each day for a week, reporting daily time use and responding to an activities checklist to assess their use of the popular social networking site, Facebook.
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Television and Very Young Children
TL;DR: Evidence thus far indicates that the AAP recommendation that children younger than 24 months of age not be exposed to television is well taken, although considerably more research is needed.
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On the road to obesity : Television viewing increases intake of high-density foods
Elliott M. Blass,Daniel R. Anderson,Heather L. Kirkorian,Tiffany A. Pempek,Iris Price,Melanie F. Koleini +5 more
TL;DR: Watching television increases the amount eaten of high-density, palatable, familiar foods and may constitute one vector contributing to the current obesity crisis.
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The Impact of Background Television on Parent–Child Interaction
Heather L. Kirkorian,Tiffany A. Pempek,Lauren A. Murphy,Marie Evans Schmidt,Daniel R. Anderson +4 more
TL;DR: Both the quantity and quality of parent-child interaction decreased in the presence of background television, suggesting one way in which early, chronic exposure to television may have a negative impact on development.
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The Effects of Background Television on the Toy Play Behavior of Very Young Children
Marie Evans Schmidt,Tiffany A. Pempek,Heather L. Kirkorian,Anne Frankenfield Lund,Daniel R. Anderson +4 more
TL;DR: For example, this paper found that background TV significantly reduced toy play episode length and focused attention during play, even when children paid little overt attention to the TV and looked at the TV for only a few seconds at a time and less than once per minute.