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November 20, 2017Psychology of Popular Media Culture

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

Karyn Riddle Alanna Peebles Catasha Davis Fangxin Xu Elizabeth Schroeder

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Abstract

This study proposes media audiences engage in 2 types of TV binge watching: intentional and unintentional. Using the differential susceptibility to media effects model as a framework, we draw from research on sensitivity theory and uses and gratifications to test whether unintentional binges are mor

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Riddle et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a171e6262528a85c6058eca https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000167

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