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If you frequently find yourself binge watching TV shows, take solace in knowing you're not alone.
Seventy percent of US consumers engage in marathon TV-watching sessions, devouring an average of five episodes per sitting, according to a new survey by consulting firm Deloitte. The 10th annual Digital Democracy Survey also found that nearly half of all US consumers subscribe to a streaming movie service -- the highest level in the survey's history.
The survey's results, released Wednesday, underscore shifting tastes in how people watch TV. Increasingly, consumers are shedding their cable and satellite TV packages and opting for video found online or through streaming-media boxes such as Roku and Apple TV.
"The survey data indicates that consumers are more willing than ever to invest in services to watch whenever, wherever and on whatever device they choose," Gerald Belson, Deloitte vice chairman and US media and entertainment sector leader, said in a statement.
Deloitte found that nearly a third of us binge watch TV on a weekly basis, and that 53 percent of those consumers who do binge watch are more often in the mood for dramas.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 26 2016, @02:23AM
I don't even own a TV.
To me: If it's non interactive it is rotting my brain.
(Score: 4, Touché) by jasassin on Saturday March 26 2016, @04:07AM
Never read a book then?
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by maxwell demon on Saturday March 26 2016, @06:36AM
Brain rot doesn't depend on interactive vs. non-interactive, it depends on whether you engage your brain or not. If you need interactive material to activate your brain, chances are that it is already rotten.
Cookie clicker is interactive, but certainly not very brain stimulating. A recorded science lecture is non-interactive, but can stimulate your brain very much. Of course only if you think about it instead of just passively consuming it.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Saturday March 26 2016, @09:11AM
I own a TV. It was made in 1989. Works great for playing the NES and stuff.
I don't think that TV's lack of interactivity causes brain rot, it's just the overwhelming mediocrity of the programming itself that does so. I've been avoiding it lately, although last year I did binge watch all 11 episodes of いいひと to keep up my Japanese listening comprehension skills, such as they are.