The addictive potential of television binge watching: Comparing intentional and unintentional binges.

Riddle, Karyn; Peebles, Alanna; Davis, Catasha; Xu, Fangxin; Schroeder, Elizabeth

doi:10.1037/ppm0000167

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“…Thus, higher scores of impulsivity were associated with both loss of control over binge-watching (as assessed with the s-IAT bingewatching and the BWES) and neglect of duties (BWES). In line with this, Riddle et al [24] recently reported that impulsivity is associated with unintentional binge-watching. Our results extend those findings as we found that impulsivity makes individuals not only vulnerable to loss of control over binge-watching, but also to continue binge-watching at the expense of duties.…”

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“…High impulsive individuals tend to have difficulties to focus on tasks, behave on impulse without thinking, and are less likely to think about or plan for the future [22]. Preliminary findings with regard to binge-watching suggest that trait impulsive behaviour (assessed with the Barratt-Impulsiveness Scale [23]) is associated with binge-watching [24]. Similarly, Orosz et al [25] administered the UPPS Impulsive Behavior Scale [26] and found that higher impulsivity scores were associated with obsessive feelings with regard to binge-watching.…”

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Binge-Watching Behaviour: The Role of Impulsivity and Depressive Symptoms

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Introduction: Following the digital progress and the availability of online streaming services, binge-watching (in the literature often defined as watching > 2 episodes of a TV series in one sitting) has become a popular viewing pattern. Concerns about possible negative consequences of this behaviour have arisen and its proximity to behavioural addictions is discussed. The aim of the present study was to explore how depressive symptoms, impulsivity and their potential interaction are related to the consequences of binge-watching. In addition, the possible association of the Big 5 personality traits neuroticism, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and openness with consequences from binge-watching was assessed. Method: An online survey including the assessment of intensity of and negative consequences from binge-watching (with an adapted version of the Short-Internet-Addiction Test and a newly developed questionnaire) and questionnaires on depressive symptoms (i.e., General Depression Scale), impulsivity (i.e., Barratt Impulsiveness Scale) and personality traits (i.e., short version of the Big 5 Inventory) was completed by 228 participants. Results: Regression analysis indicated that impulsivity was associated with loss of control and neglect of duties, while depressive symptoms led to neglect of duties and social problems. No significant interaction effects were observed. Conscientiousness was the only personality trait that explained a significant proportion of the variance of consequences from binge-watching. Discussion/Conclusion: Our findings suggest that depressive symptoms and impulsivity are 2 independent pathways to negative consequences from binge watching. However, given the rather low proportion of variance proportion explained, future studies are warranted to enhance our understanding of other individual characteristics and to further clarify the proximity to behavioural addictions.

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Binge-Watching Behaviour: The Role of Impulsivity and Depressive Symptoms

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“…There are many reasons for the popularity of this practice and binge watching can be intentional and planned or unintentional (Riddle et al 2017). Motivations for binge watching are varied.…”

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“…Pikul (2014) argues that binge watching has a negative physical effect, causing lethargy due to sitting for prolonged periods of time. Riddle et al (2017) examined the risks of addiction to binge watching, finding that unintentional binging was associated with addiction symptoms such as increased impulsivity, displacement of other behaviors, and continued viewing. This research also suggested the need to further examine how (or if) binge watching changes common media effects such as cultivation and desensitization.…”

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An Experimental Examination of Binge Watching and Narrative Engagement

2019

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Increasingly, audiences are engaging with media narratives through the practice of binge watching. The effects of binge watching are largely unknown, although early research suggests binge watching may be motivated by a need for escape and could be associated with some qualities of addiction. In this study, we ask whether the practice of binge watching impacts audience engagement with a media narrative. Using an experimental approach, we manipulate the format of exposure to media narratives (binge or nonbinge) and test the effect of this manipulation on audience engagement, specifically parasocial relationships with favorite characters and narrative transportation. Results suggest that binge watching increases the strength of parasocial relationships and the intensity of narrative transportation. Media engagement has been shown to increase media effects, suggesting that binge watching could change not only how audiences engage with narrative media but also the effect it has on them.

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“…Automaticity has been described as an impulsive process with integrated reward mechanisms that will transform watching series from a goal-directed behavior to automatic or habitual behavior. Initial studies reported a relationship between BW and impulsivity (Orosz et al, 2016;Riddle et al, 2018), which is a prominent risk factor for excessive and addictive behaviors such as internet gaming disorder (e.g. Ko et al, 2014).…”

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Neural correlates of response inhibition and performance monitoring in binge watching

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Overmeyer

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With the increasing popularity of internet streaming portals, the question why people develop bingewatching behavior has become a focus of scientific research and its addictive potential is discussed.The current study examined neural correlates of binge-watching during inhibition in a go/nogo task and performance monitoring using electroencephalography. Participants reported high binge-watching behavior (HBW, n = 35) or no binge-watching (NBW, n = 33) episode during the past four weeks.Compared to the NBW group, HBW showed larger P3 during response inhibition and larger error-related negativity (ERN) for errors in the flanker task. Group differences in behavioral measures were not observed. The current results suggest that binge watching may be related to both (1) increased neural recruitment during response inhibition as indicated by the increased P3 to facilitate normal inhibitory performance and (2) enhanced performance monitoring as indicated by the increased ERN. As this neurocognitive profile differs from observations in other addictive and excessive behaviors, implications for this budding field are discussed.

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The addictive potential of television binge watching: Comparing intentional and unintentional binges.

Cited by 75 publications

References 45 publications

Binge-Watching Behaviour: The Role of Impulsivity and Depressive Symptoms

Binge-Watching Behaviour: The Role of Impulsivity and Depressive Symptoms

An Experimental Examination of Binge Watching and Narrative Engagement

Neural correlates of response inhibition and performance monitoring in binge watching

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