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Binge-Watching: What Do we Know So Far? A First Systematic Review of the Evidence
Flayelle, Maèva; Maurage, Pierre; Ridell Di Lorenzo, Kim et al.
2020In Current Addiction Reports, 7 (1), p. 44-60
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Keywords :
Binge-Watching; TV series; Systematic Review; Operationalization; Assessment; Correlates
Abstract :
[en] Purpose of Review: Along with the expansion of on-demand viewing technology, the practice of binge-watching (i.e., watching multiple episodes of TV series back-to-back) has recently gained increasing research interest, given its potential harmfulness and presumed addictive characteristics. The present article provides the first systematic review of the evidence regarding this increasingly widespread behavior. Recent Findings: The results of this systematic review (including 24 studies and 17,545 participants) show that binge-watching remains an ill-defined construct as no consensus exists on its operationalization and measurement. Although such methodological disparities across studies hinder the comparability of results, the preliminary findings gathered here mainly point to the heterogeneous nature of binge-watching which covers at least two distinct realities, i.e., high but non-harmful engagement and problematic involvement in TV series watching. Summary: In these early stages of research, there is a major need for more consistency and harmonization of constructs and their operationalizations to move forward in the understanding of binge-watching. Just as important, future research should maintain the distinction between high and problematic involvement in binge-watching to avoid overpathologizing this common behavior.
Disciplines :
Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Flayelle, Maèva ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Maurage, Pierre
Ridell Di Lorenzo, Kim
Vögele, Claus ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Gainsbury, Sally M.
Billieux, Joël ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Binge-Watching: What Do we Know So Far? A First Systematic Review of the Evidence
Publication date :
2020
Journal title :
Current Addiction Reports
ISSN :
2196-2952
Publisher :
Springer, Heidelberg, Germany
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Pages :
44-60
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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