Television addiction

Television addiction is a proposed addiction model associated with maladaptive or compulsive behavior associated with watching television programming. The most recent medical review on this model concluded that pathological television watching behavior may constitute a true behavioral addiction, but indicated that much more research on this topic is needed to demonstrate this.[1][2] The compulsion can be extremely difficult to control in many cases. The television addiction model has parallels to other forms of behavioral addiction,[2][3] such as addiction to drugs or gambling, which are also forms of compulsive behavior.

For the similarly named song, see Television Addict. For the UK television show, see Telly Addicts.

Television addiction is not a diagnosable condition of DSM-IV.[4]

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References
  1. Sussman S, Moran MB (2013). "Hidden addiction: Television". J Behav Addict. 2 (3): 125–32. doi:10.1556/jba.2.2013.008. PMC 4114517. PMID 25083294.
  2. Sweet, Anne (2017). "Dependence in / on TV series II (Séries et dépendance: Dépendance aux séries II)". InMedia. 6.
  3. Sweet, Anne (2018). "Hooked on "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix, 2013-)? The Art of Binge-Watching, and Netflix’s Addiction-Creating Production Strategies" in "Combining Aesthetic and Psychological Approaches to TV Series Addiction". Cambridge Scholars.
  4. McIlwraith, Robert. ""I', addicted to television": the personality, imagination, and TV watching patterns of self-identified TV addicts". www.bnet.com. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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