User:BethFarr/Digital media

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the perceived relevance of social media sites is likely to increase with the number of users and in particular with the number of friends already using those sites.

-             Brake. (2014). Are We All Online Content Creators Now? Web 2.0 and Digital Divides. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), 591–609. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12042

"Over the years, YouTube and other platforms have also shown their monetary gains, as the top 10 YouTube performers generating over 10 million dollars each year."

-             https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2020/12/18/the-highest-paid-youtube-stars-of-2020/?sh=7a2204ab6e50

"This spike in user created content is due to the development of the internet as well as the way in which users interact with media today" (Individual as content creator)

-             https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2021/08/30/the-continuous-growth-and-future-of-the-creator-economy/?sh=7050c74b7c9c

Television consumption
"Soft drink consumption and sedentary behaviours, such as television viewing, are important behaviours in adolescents that exert pressure to a positive energy balance"

Sedentary activities, such as consuming television, combined with soda consumption create positive energy in adolescents and contributes to childhood obesity.

"this type of behavior appears to meet the other criteria typical of the addictions, and there are numerous potential negative consequences that may result from heavy or addictive viewing."

Obsessively watching television can be compared with common criteria for addictions, such as the inability to function at work or home, and negative consequences may arise from heavy or addictive consumption.

"Thus, it may be a highly prevalent but socially tolerated problem"

While the addiction to television consumption is prevalent, it is socially tolerated due to its commonality.

"The major risk behind the excessive binge-watching behaviour is the probability of developing symptoms of behavioural addiction. Multiple studies show that using binge-watching to obtain instant gratification and to regulate emotions is a maladaptive coping strategy characteristic of behavioural addictions such as problematic internet/computer use, gambling, and social media addiction"

Binge-watching can offer risks to viewers. A major risk to binge-watching is that it may lead a viewer to developing symptoms of behavioural addiction. Binge-watching in order to gain instant satisfaction is a negative coping strategy of behavioural addiction that may be compared to gambling in terms of its problematic nature.

"The individuals who binge-watch with the highest frequency had a tendency to have escape motivation and motivation to deal with loneliness."

One of the most popular motivations for problematic binge-watching is the ability to experience escape and to overcome a feeling of loneliness.

"excessive binge-watching might be the consequence of other genuine mental disorders (e.g., depression, social anxiety)...However, the fact that binge-watching has the power to satiate these needs may predispose this activity to be a source of problematic use for vulnerable individuals."

Even though binge-watching is not inherently bad, excessive binge-watching may be a result of existing mental health disorders such as depression and social anxiety, and it may be harmful for vulnerable individuals.