Lost in Binge Viewing of Streaming Episodes :: many viewers take cues from friends and family who boast about their "monomaniacal" TV marathons -- the behavior spreads virally and is learned at the societal level . ["BINGEING"] - http://online.wsj.com/article...
Jul 13, 2012
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""We get into something akin to a trance with great storytelling," says psychiatrist Norman DOIDGE, author of _The Brain That Changes Itself_. Viewers identify with characters on screen and subconsciously begin to mimic their emotions -- be it sadness or triumph or anxiety -- and each emotional state triggers different brain chemicals, which linger. "These tend to be protracted states," he says. The urge to sustain that inner experience leads you to press "play" on the next episode, and the one after that -- the equivalent of the book you can't put down. Longer, uninterrupted viewing sessions can lead to "a deeper virtual-reality experience of the narrative. It can seem more real, from a neurological point of view.""
- Adriano
I much prefer watching a series in binge mode. :)
- Ken Morley
I love marathon parties.
- Spidra Webster
I'm a binger. Bingeing on Twin Peaks right now.
- Jenny H.
Kelli, that's a good one. Until recently I thought I was the only one inflicted with a bingeing disorder (e.g. Lost http://ff.im/YxXUL which back-to-back takes almost 4 entire days :-)
- Adriano
Not at all- Veronica Mars, Fringe, Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Six Feet Under, Arrested Development, The Tudors, Game of Thrones, and on and on. I blame grad school or my lame attempts to not have to work on my thesis. ;)
- Jenny H.
My best binges were Breaking Bad, Dexter, Lost, BSG, Weeds and Mad Men. Next up: The Wire & Fringe :)
- Ken Morley
Our BSG marathons were legendary.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
If you liked the Silvio Dante character in The Sopranos, and the film Fargo, you will really enjoy this black comedy with a Norwegian accent: LILYHAMMER (2011) http://ff.im/R7FUX
- Adriano
@Ken The Shield would fit nicely into your next two.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
I'm currently binging on BSG.
- imabonehead
I am feeling like a super BSG binge: watch the whole first story arc from when I was a kidlet followed up by the re-imagined BSG story arc space drama that recapture my childish love of Vipers. I was that lucky kid whose Mech E Dad built him a pretty cool replica.
- Mathew A. Koeneker
Current stuff I am stockpiling for an epic binge watch: last 3 seasons of True Blood, last season of Mad Men, getting ready for Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Fringe, Weeds, and Archer. I like to have a lot of good stuff to kick back watch when it gets cold (hint,hint). :-)
- Mathew A. Koeneker
started "Louie" this week (see that guy pictured on the couch above, Louis C.K. :-) really bleak, existentially dark -- but bringing it all out in the open is hilarious!
- Adriano
time to pull the GODFATHER series and do a run.. LOL
- Peter Dawson