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 - Funding Information:
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
VL - 24
SP - 130
EP - 154
JO - Mass Communication and Society
JF - Mass Communication and Society
SN - 1520-5436
IS - 1
ER -