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Time for a Plot Twist: Beyond Confirmatory Approaches to Binge-Watching Research
Flayelle, Maèva; Maurage, Pierre; Vögele, Claus et al.
2019In Psychology of Popular Media Culture, 8 (3), p. 308-318
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Keywords :
Binge Watching; TV series; Behavioral Addictions
Abstract :
[en] The advent of the digital age with its progress in digital technology has been associated in recent years with an increase in binge-watching (i.e., seeing multiple episodes of the same TV series in one session). Binge-watching has now become the new normative way to consume TV shows. Nevertheless, along with its recent massive rise has come concerns about the associated mental and physical health outcomes. Currently available results suggest the potential harmfulness and even addictive nature of binge-watching. The psychological investigation of this behavior, however, is still in its infancy, with most studies using a confirmatory approach and assuming a priori its genuine addictive nature. In contrast, the current perspective paper argues the case for an exploratory approach as an initial step for conducting research on behaviors that − at first sight − look like addiction when applying a symptom-based approach. A qualitative understanding of the phenomenological characteristics of binge-watching as the foundation of an initial comprehensive discussion makes it possible to formulate hypotheses concerning its potentially addictive nature and to emphasize challenges and directions for future research. Here we propose an exploration of the dynamics of binge-watching behavior based on a model involving emotion regulation in the etiology and maintenance of problem binge-watching.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Flayelle, Maèva ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Maurage, Pierre
Vögele, Claus ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Karila, Laurent
Billieux, Joël ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Time for a Plot Twist: Beyond Confirmatory Approaches to Binge-Watching Research
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
Psychology of Popular Media Culture
ISSN :
2160-4142
Publisher :
Educational Publishing Foundation of the American Psychological Association, Washington, United States - District of Columbia
Volume :
8
Issue :
3
Pages :
308-318
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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