TY - JOUR
T1 - Binge-Watching Serial Video Content
T2 - Exploring the Subjective Phenomenology of the Binge-Watching Experience
AU - Anghelcev, George
AU - Sar, Sela
AU - Martin, Justin D.
AU - Moultrie, Jas L.
N1 - This study was supported in part by an internal research grant from Northwestern University in Qatar to the first author. Open access funding provided by Qatar National Library.
This study was supported in part by an internal research grant from Northwestern University in Qatar to the first author.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This study examined psychological constructs related to the subjective experience of binge-watching serial video content. The results underscore the centrality of transportation in shaping viewers’ perceptions of the binge-watching experience and their binge-watching behaviors. Transportation was positively related to binge-watching frequency and mediated the impact of binge-watching session length on development of parasocial interactions (full mediation) and on binge-watching enjoyment (partial mediation). Ability to experience flow was found to predict the length of a binge-watching session. Other significant relationships were revealed. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, along with suggestions for future research and the possibility of expanding current conceptual views of binge-watching.
AB - This study examined psychological constructs related to the subjective experience of binge-watching serial video content. The results underscore the centrality of transportation in shaping viewers’ perceptions of the binge-watching experience and their binge-watching behaviors. Transportation was positively related to binge-watching frequency and mediated the impact of binge-watching session length on development of parasocial interactions (full mediation) and on binge-watching enjoyment (partial mediation). Ability to experience flow was found to predict the length of a binge-watching session. Other significant relationships were revealed. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed, along with suggestions for future research and the possibility of expanding current conceptual views of binge-watching.
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U2 - 10.1080/15205436.2020.1811346
DO - 10.1080/15205436.2020.1811346
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089971807
SN - 1520-5436
VL - 24
SP - 130
EP - 154
JO - Mass Communication and Society
JF - Mass Communication and Society
IS - 1
ER -