More than 70% of Americans participate in binge-watching, and most binge-watchers watch 5-10 episodes in a single session. Binge-Watching is the activity of watching many or all of the episodes of a TV series in succession; these behaviors were made more popular with video-on-demand services like Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube. During the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone was forced to stay quarantined and it became more common for people to binge-watch to kill time. Binge-Watching is harmful because the viewer’s health can be negatively affected and the viewer may neglect relationships with others. One reason why binge-watching is harmful is that viewers can gain weight due to long viewing sessions. Research conducted by experts noted that binge-watchers …show more content…
.they have difficulty resisting the desire to watch episodes continuously.” (PRO/CON Binge-Watching) The evidence above supports the claim that binge-watching is harmful because viewers may gain weight and have less self-control during the session in which then weight-gain can occur. The evidence shows that binge-watching is linked to weight-gain due to viewers having little to no self-control. Another reason why binge-watching is harmful is that viewers may lose connections with loved ones and neglect relationships with others due to binge-watching habits. Binge-watchers may lose connections with others due to uncontrollable binge-watching urges, “viewers may start to neglect their work and their relationships with others. “binge-watchers are more likely to be depressed.than those who do not binge-watch.” (PRO/CON Binge-Watching) The evidence shows that viewers may start to neglect relationships due to uncontrollable urges to binge-watch. This can affect the viewers relationships with others and can even cause depression or loneliness due to that. Overall, binge-watchers may start to neglect their relationships since they may not be able to control when and what they
Winn, Marie. “Television Addiction” The McGraw-Hill Reader. 8th ed. Ed. Gilbert Muller, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003. 505-507
It may be hard to admit, but television has become an intricate part of our everyday lives. People children often find themselves sitting in front of the television screen for a longer period of time than before and this has evolved immensely over the past few years. In this article, “The Trouble with Television,” by the author Marie Winn, mentions that addiction of television is negative effects on children and families. It keeps the families from doing other things and it’s a hidden competitor for all other activities. Television takes place of play and on top of that kids who watch a lot of television grow uncivilized. Also, the author mentioned that televisions are less resourceful for children and have negative effects on children’s school achievement and on physical fitness. Although there are so many other types of addictions but the author Marie Winn’s points of argument of watching television is a serious addiction that our children and families have negative effects.
Some of the symptoms associated with Binge Eating Disorder are frequent episodes of consuming large amounts of food in a short period of time. A person uses the food to fill an empty void that they have and even though the food being consumed temporarily elevates them; Afterwards, a binger feels a sense of guilt, shame, or embarrassment. Due to consuming large amounts, a binger will eat in a secretive location away from others so they don’t feel judged by others. Sometimes a binger feels out-of-control or on auto-pilot when they begin there episode and also may not feel satisfied after bingeing. Binge Eating Disorder usually affects somebody who is overweight or obese, but people of regular weight can also be affected. (Smith, Segal, and J. Segal; February 2014)
Binge watching: “viewing multiple episodes of a television program in rapid succession”, is a phenomenon that television enthusiasts have embraced with the introduction of new technologies like SVOD, streaming video on demand, television consumption platforms unique to the digital age (“binge-watch,” def. 1). Services that offer SVOD such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime are even encouraging binge watching through their marketing practices and content creation (Greenberg). So why is binge watching, or rather binge viewing, an activity that people are participating in under the false assumption that it is a socially unacceptable guilty pleasure; an indulgence, just as eating an exorbitant amount of high-calorie foods is.
The staggering amount that we waste our day watching TV for more hours than we should. There are days where I tell myself I’m going to leave my apartment to do something active, but most of the time that never happens because of how distracted I get from the TV. My little TV time ends up being more than expected in a matter of seconds without even realizing. Unproductiveness is a very important trait into becoming unhealthy, it can lead to something even more serious, like obesity. In Sach’s essay, he explains how there are at least two-thirds of the population in America whom are obese and I agree that TV can be one of its leading factors. The Nurses Healthy Study followed over 50,000 women for six years and notice that for every two hours of TV spent a day increased their chances of being obese by 23% (Obesity Prevention Source). As it is, we can watch TV for numerous amount of hours without even noticing that the time has passed by, so could you imagine how much percentage has increased now?
Almost every person has binge-watched a show. It is something that people do just to relax, or just to watch their favorite show. The term binge-watching means watching 3-5 episodes of one series in one sitting. 70% of people have confessed to binge-watching, but is it actually something that can harm you? Binge-watching is harmless because it can improve your mental health, and it can improve your romantic or social relationships with people.
In “Television Addiction” by Marie Winn, the author suggests that TV addiction and Drug and Alcohol addiction are similar in many ways. First she explains what she considers to be a serious drug addiction, such as not feeling normal without them, the need to repeat it, ignoring other pleasurable experiences, never being satisfied, damaging one’s life and ruining relationships. Then she asks us to consider the television addiction in the same light and explains why she feels that it should be. In my experience I can see how television viewing would be considered an addiction and why Winn would too. When someone allows an activity to negatively affect their productivity, relationships and
(Violence in television programs and movies and its impact on children and families is not a new topic. Almost 30 years ago the U.S. Surgeon General warned Americans about the negative effect of television have on the emotions and behaviours of children.)
This “binge watching” takes a lot of time, which results in less time for serious matters like school or work. So many people rather rush there work than to go without watching another episode of the X-Files; and ultimately they lose out on precious sleep. Other than the effects of watching for long periods, the content itself causes problems. “According to Kristian Veit, psychology professor at Olivet, watching television can have an impact on our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The way it affects us depends on what shows we are watching.
It is debatable whether the compulsive use of the Internet should be considered an addiction or not. According to Kershaw, “the Internet offers an omnipresent offer of escape from reality, affordability, accessibility and opportunity for anonymity that can also lure otherwise healthy people into an addiction.” The Internet has a wide variety of information and activities available to anyone on a computer. Because the Internet is easily accessible everywhere, it is simple for anyone to spend countless hours on the computer and eventually develop an addiction.
In the argumentative essay “T.V. Addiction” by Marie Winn, Winn relates watching television to having an addiction with drugs and alcohol. The television experience allows us to escape from the real world and enter into a pleasurable and peaceful mental state. When it comes to television, Marie asks the following question: Is there a kind of television viewing that falls into the more serious category of destruction addiction? I believe there is. Why do so many people, instead of doing what they’re supposed to be doing, put everything on hold and just focus on television? I think this is because they want an escape from their problems.
Television has always been a part of every person’s life. People always find themselves watching television after a stressful long day. In that way, they can relax and unwind to relieve the stress that they experienced. Watching television is a way to learn new informations and entertain oneself. Not just that but also a way to be updated in the world issues and real life events. However, television is not considered to be a social activity because it is a way where a person could isolate yourself themselves to the people around them. Even though some people may think that watching television can let them bond to their love ones, it can separate you from socializing to the people around you because it keeps you occupied that you won’t be able to communicate with people. Another reason is because you will stay at home watching television and will waste time doing nothing but watching the television.
When television first came on the market about fifty years ago, families had one television at the most in the household, and most families only used the television for the news or for an occasional show or two. Today, it is a rarity if you find only one television in a household. Most families have numerous televisions in their house and use it more and more for entertainment purposes. People of all ages are addicted to television. On average, people watch about thirty hours of television a week. But the people who go beyond this mark are known to society as “couch potatoes';.
Television has become one of the major entertainment providers in our modern life. It sits in the living room of about almost every home in the world and it is the one thing that most people like to come home to after a long day of work or school. Not only does it give us something to laugh or get scared at but it also provides us with valuable information about what is happening around our local community and around different places in the world. But, as good as this sounds, Television may be affecting us without even realizing it. Being one of the major distractors in today 's society, it gets us attached to its content in which a lot of people spend a lot of their time watching. Being thus, watching too
Watching television is one of the most popular pastimes in the world. Almost all children do so; some even take the liberty of slipping out of bed unnoticed at night just to watch a show that they like. However, what most people do not realize is that television can ruin your eyesight, cause lack of concentration and can also inculcate many bad habits, especially in young ones. Discoveries and invention of devices are always welcome till we, humans, find a way to abuse its benefits and be adversely affected by it. This was the case when Wilhelm Roentgen discovered x-ray and within five years, the British Army was using a mobile x-ray unit to locate bullets and shrapnel in wounded soldiers in the Sudan. television was also invented with positive thoughts in mind – there would be no national borders, education and communication would be worldwide, etc.