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from the just-one-more-episode...and-then-the-sun-comes-up dept.
The increasing popularity of global media content like American TV series has been considered as one notable factor associated with binge-watching practices, or continuously consuming media content in a single session.
With the massive global expansion of streaming platforms like Netflix—which had more than 154 million subscribers in over 190 countries in 2019—this practice of marathon viewing of televised content has gradually become a "new ritual" for many viewers.
But not without a price.
Indeed, an American Academy of Sleep Medicine survey in 2019 found 88% of American adults reported a lack of sleep due to binge-watching television and streaming series.
As the use of online streaming services to consume televised content is becoming more common globally, the problem of binge-watching behavior may also become a global phenomenon.
[...] It is inevitable that binge-watching has become a new normal among today's audiences. Yet, given the negative health ramifications associated with it, can we move beyond that? We could try savoring one episode at one time in a slow watching practice.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by barbara hudson on Friday February 14 2020, @07:43PM
I first wrote about tech dysphoria a decade ago on the green site. I'm seeing more evidence that it's a thing as time goes on.
Dysphoria:
The good ole days when there was so much potential are gone. Unlike, say, sci-fi literature, which comes up with new waves, tech has pretty much stalled out. I don't want an Alexa or Google Home, a Ring doorcam, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever. They will not add to my life. I didn't want a 3D TV, and the only person I know who bought one (a 65") used it for 1 3D DVD. I don't want a smart tv. I don't want Netflix or YouTube. None of these are "need to have " tech, and if I'm bored I want to at least be aware that I'm bored, and not be constantly distracted so that I don't realize it.
And there's the thing - most people are so busy skipping from one boring app to another that they aren't aware of how boring they've become. Ever walk in on a group of friends and just sat there while everyone is scrolling on their phones for the better part of an hour? If I had known that was the main activity, I would have declined the invite.
I put in a few hours volunteering yesterday, and thee other women and I actually talk to each other while we do our work in the warehouse sorting and shelving food donations. It's nice being in an environment where nobody is walking around all day with their faces buried in their phones because the work takes both hands. Kinda forces people to talk with each other.
Tech sucks the life out of life, and that's by design; same as ultra processed junk food leaves you still hungry so you eat more of the crap in a futile attempt to compensate. You end up bloated but not by any means satisfied.
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