The More You Watch, the More You Get?

Author:

Wirz Dominique S.1ORCID,Möri Michelle1ORCID,Ort Alexander2ORCID,Cordeiro José A.3,Castro Deborah4,Fahr Andreas1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

2. Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Switzerland

3. Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa, University of Lisbon, Portugal

4. Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Abstract

Abstract: It is a popular notion that binge-watching – watching several episodes of a TV show in one sitting – enhances entertainment experiences compared to watching singular episodes. However, empirical results are contradictory, and the assumption of such effects is not well founded in theory. We thus re-examined this claim with an experiment ( n = 80) and a field study using tracking data ( n = 47). In the experiment, binge-watching had slightly negative effects on transportation, hedonic entertainment, and valence, but a positive effect on arousal. In the field study, there were no differences between the two viewing modes. We thus conclude that binge-watching per se does not affect the entertainment experience. This finding aligns with other recent research showing that binge-watching does not differ much from conventional and low-intensity media use and thus calls into question the usefulness of defining binge-watching solely based on the number of episodes in one sitting.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

Applied Psychology,Communication,Social Psychology

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