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posted by Fnord666 on Friday February 14 2020, @06:46AM   Printer-friendly
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.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by theluggage on Saturday February 15 2020, @11:49AM

    by theluggage (1797) on Saturday February 15 2020, @11:49AM (#958467)

    Some people say there was a so-so 5th season and a couple of spin-offs - but only the same nuts that insist that there were sequels to The Matrix...

    Point is, B5 was one of a few shows that (re)-popularised the ongoing story format outside of soap operas. Yes, it helped tremendously that (unlike certain other shows) They Had A Plan... although JMS really did have to go beyond the call of duty in not only plotting out the arc but coming up with "trap door" contingency plans to deal with actors leaving... I think 1-season arcs are more feasible.

    He'd also clearly looked very closely at some notable multi-novel sagas - particularly Lord of The Rings and the Lensman series - and taken away more than just a few story ideas.

    You're right that more recent series have, I think, looked at B5 superficially and just got the "ongoing story arc - tick" bit and forgotten that the arc needs a beginning, a middle and an end. Particularly annoying are end-of-season cliffhangers that don't have any closure - B5 season finales always resolved a major sub-plot before dropping the whammy.

    The X-Files's influence may have caused a problem to by pretending to have a long-term plan while making it up on the hoof... Trouble is, that worked on a meta-level for a show that was, basically, about conspiracy theories (which typically get hastily revised as soon as they're in any danger of being debunked) - but it doesn't work for everything else.
     

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