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"Binge-watching" is a misleading term.
A "binge" implies watching a succession of your favorite shows or series is unhealthy. In reality, media experts who research the effects of binge-watching have found there are benefits of binging. But, crucially, binge-watching can also have negative health and mood consequences if misused in certain ways.
It's easy to assume streaming consecutive shows is inherently bad or unproductive. When a relatively new form of entertainment or technology like streaming comes along, it can be viewed suspiciously or is misunderstood. "There have always been moral panics about new technologies," noted Morgan Ellithorpe, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Delaware who researches media effects and psychology. Are novels, for instance, threatening to society and our minds? In 1778, the English writer, schoolmaster, and priest Vicesimus Knox wrote: "There is another evil arising from a too early attention to Novels. They fix attention so deeply, and afford so lively a pleasure, that the mind, once accustomed to them, cannot submit to the painful task of serious study."
Fortunately, reading novels turned out to be a generally healthy, constructive activity. Here's how binge-watching, too, can be positive, and how to avoid trouble with this modern technology.
The merits of binge-watching
There's no official, universally-accepted definition of a binge-watch. (Is it the total length of watching? Is it the number of shows watched? Does it matter what time the activity occurs? Is binging different for each person?) "What is a binge? That's something we're still trying to define," explained Allison Eden, an associate professor in the Department of Communication at Michigan State University who researches the effects of entertainment on people's well-being. For this story, let's call it around three or more episodes, as some have suggested.
https://mashable.com/article/binge-watching-health-effects?amp