TY - JOUR
T1 - Binge-watching serialized video content
T2 - a transdisciplinary review
AU - Merikivi, Jani
AU - Bragge, Johanna
AU - Scornavacca, Eusebio
AU - Verhagen, Tibert
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Binge watching serialized video content is a phenomenon that has triggered interest from diverse research fields. Despite the progress researchers have made across different areas, a grounded conceptualization and definition of binge watching is still lacking. In this article, we conduct a transdisciplinary literature review to identify continuity and viewer autonomy as the two fundamental attributes underlying binge watching. Then, using these attributes as conceptual anchors, we offer a convergent definition and categorize the existing binge-watching definitions in the literature. The results of this categorization reveal that the vast majority of the definitions used in the literature fail to distinguish binge watching from other viewing practices such as casual viewing, single-episode appointments, and marathon appointments. We discuss the implications and, to move the binge-watching research forward, conclude with recommendations and an agenda for future research.
AB - Binge watching serialized video content is a phenomenon that has triggered interest from diverse research fields. Despite the progress researchers have made across different areas, a grounded conceptualization and definition of binge watching is still lacking. In this article, we conduct a transdisciplinary literature review to identify continuity and viewer autonomy as the two fundamental attributes underlying binge watching. Then, using these attributes as conceptual anchors, we offer a convergent definition and categorize the existing binge-watching definitions in the literature. The results of this categorization reveal that the vast majority of the definitions used in the literature fail to distinguish binge watching from other viewing practices such as casual viewing, single-episode appointments, and marathon appointments. We discuss the implications and, to move the binge-watching research forward, conclude with recommendations and an agenda for future research.
KW - Binge watching
KW - continuity
KW - online television
KW - serialized video content
KW - viewer autonomy
KW - viewing practices
U2 - 10.1177/1527476419848578
DO - 10.1177/1527476419848578
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067660890
SN - 1527-4764
VL - 21
SP - 697
EP - 711
JO - Television and New Media
JF - Television and New Media
IS - 7
ER -