A Phenomenological Exploration of Binge-Watching in Early Adulthood

Abstract

Binge watching is a practice of watching multiple movies in one sitting. This study aims to discover the lived experiences of early adults in binge-watching. With the use of Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, the researchers provided interpretations and meanings out of responses given by the participants. The purpose of the study is to determine the experiences of early adulthood to binge-watching in terms of mental health, and emotions. In addition, this study also emphasizes the challenges of early adulthood in other aspects such as their physical health, social life, daily routine, sleeping patterns and academic performance in terms of binge-watching. 4th year college students in a private school in Bocaue, Bulacan ages 18-24 years old were attained through the use of purposive sampling. The participants accomplished a semi-structured interview guide consisting of a series of questions in the area of experiences and challenges of early adulthood towards binge-watching. The results that emerged from the data analysis is that early adulthood who are most likely to binge-watch are motivated by social media and peers. Early adulthood tends to feel positive emotions such as relaxation, happiness, satisfaction and empathy that results in emotional rewards caused by binge-watching.

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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF
BINGE-WATCHING IN EARLY ADULTHOOD
PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL
2023
Volume: 7
Pages: 517-531
Document ID: 2023PEMJ572
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7731819
Manuscript Accepted: 2023-08-3

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A Phenomenological Exploration of Binge-Watching in Early Adulthood
Riabel D.R. Sy*, Rochelle S.P. Bartolome, Arlan B. De luna Jr., Shainalhyn S. Gado, James Paul P. Carrozo,
Vince Adorza, Angela Kate Ferrer, Amor S. Artiola, Wenifreda Templonuevo, Jhoselle Tus
For affiliations and correspondence, see the last page.
Abstract
Binge watching is a practice of watching multiple movies in one sitting. This study aims to discover
the lived experiences of early adults in binge- watching. With the use of Interpretative
Phenomenological Analysis, the researchers provided interpretations and meanings out of responses
given by the participants. The purpose of the study is to determine the experiences of early adulthood
to binge-watching in terms of mental health, and emotions. In addition, this study also emphasizes the
challenges of early adulthood in other aspects such as their physical health, social life, daily routine,
sleeping patterns and academic performance in terms of binge-watching. 4th year college students
in a private school in Bocaue, Bulacan ages 18-24 years old were attained through the use of
purposive sampling. The participants accomplished a semi- structured interview guide consisting of a
series of questions in the area of experiences and challenges of early adulthood towards binge-
watching. The results that emerged from the data analysis is that early adulthood who are most likely
to binge- watch are motivated by social media and peers. Early adulthood tends to feel positive
emotions such as relaxation, happiness, satisfaction and empathy that results in emotional rewards
caused by binge-watching.
Keywords: phenomenological, exploration, binge-watching, early adulthood
Introduction
Binge-watching is a relatively new behavioral habit
that involves watching two to six episodes of a
television show in one sitting (Netflix, 2020). As a
result of the advent of many on-demand streaming
platforms, such as Netflix, Hulu, HBO GO, Amazon
Prime, Disney+, Crunchy roll, and Apple TV, this
behavior began to acquire popularity. In 2013, Netflix
introduced new ways for viewers to watch TV shows,
allowing them to select from a wide range of content
and watch as many episodes as they wish.
Furthermore, a TV show's entire season is available at
once. The viewer does not have to wait a week for the
following episode, as is typical of regular television
(Flayelle, 2020). However, binge-watching occurred
earlier and expressed itself as watching numerous
episodes in TV marathons on VHS, DVD,
DVR—digital video recorder—or VOD—video on
demand (Samuel, 2017). Between 2011 and 2015,
binge-watching grew in popularity, eventually
becoming a common approach for mainstream
audiences to consume TV shows Pierce-Grove, 2017).
Netflix has over 167 million paying customers,
according to the most recent figures given in the third
quarter of 2019 (Netflix, 2020). This figure has rapidly
risen from 5 million in 2012 to more than 167 million
by 2020 (Chang, 2020). Several studies suggest that
people aged 18 to 39 are more inclined to binge-watch
than older people (Chang, 2020; Market Cast Study,
2020).
Meanwhile, the differences between men and women
can be seen in their television show preferences.
Women tend to choose comedies and dramas, whereas
men prefer fantasy or science fiction programming.
According to the most recent studies, women are more
likely than males to watch cable television (Harris
Interactive Americans, 2020).
The main danger of excessive binge-watching is the
possibility of acquiring indications of behavioral
addiction. Multiple research suggests that binge-
watching for quick satisfaction and emotion regulation
is a maladaptive coping mechanism for common
behavioral addictions such as problematic
internet/computer use, gambling, and social media
addiction (Riddle et al. 2022; Panda&Pandey, 2017).
The want to escape reality, loneliness, habit, or passing
the time are the factors that drive problematic binge-
watchers (Starosta, 2019; Sung & Kang, 2018Merill
and Rubenking's (2019) study likewise found
statistically significant relationship between binge-
watching and procrastination. According to the study's
findings, reward motivation and a tendency for
procrastination both predict a high frequency of binge-
watching. Furthermore, excessive binge-watchers
exhibit other symptoms of behavioral addiction, such
as loss of self-control, urgency, regret, neglect of
duties, negative social and health consequences, lying,
or even withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety,
nervousness, rage, and concentration difficulties as
stated by Flayelle (2019).This study aims to explore
the phenomenon in terms of binge-watching in the
lives of early adulthood.

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This study will highlight binge-watching and the lived
experiences and challenges faced by early adulthood.
Furthermore, the goal of this research is to raise
awareness and educate people about their binge-
watching restrictions in terms of their mental health.
The possible contribution of this study is to raise
consciousness about the impact of binge-watching to
different aspects of early adulthood’s lives, The data of
the study that would be collected and the results and
conclusion that would be analyzed would be
contributed to the field of study of psychology which
would be accessible to future researchers for further
studies as well as the innovation of this kind of
research topic for its future reference.
Research Questions
This study entitled A Phenomenological Exploration
of Binge-Watching in Early Adulthood aims to
discover the lived experiences and challenges of early
adulthood towards binge-watching. Furthermore, this
study aims to develop an effective program for the
benefits of early adulthood in terms of binge-watching.
Specifically, it sought to answer the following
questions:
1.
What are the lived experiences of early adulthood in
Binge-watching?
2.
What are the challenges-faced by early adulthood in
Binge-watching?
3.
What intervention programs may be proposed based
on the results of the study?
Methodology
Strategies of Inquiry
This study followed the strategies of inquiry of
phenomenology. Phenomenological study, according
to Creswell (2013), "describes the common meaning
for several individuals of their lived experiences of a
concept or a phenomenon" Furthermore, Smith et al.
(2009) stated that "Phenomenology is not only a
description, but it is also an interpretive process in
which the researcher makes an interpretation of the
meaning of the lived experiences. The Interpretative
Phenomenological Approach is used to discover and
interpret the "lived experiences" of people who have
encountered related (common) phenomena (Alase,
2017).
Respondents of the Study
The participants of the study are 24 students in the
final level of their college education in a private higher
education institution in Bocaue, Bulacan. Purposive
sampling technique has been utilized to select
respondents. The participants should be aligned with
the following criteria such as fourth year college
students, must be 18 – 24 years old, either male or
female, and must be a student in a particular private
school in Bocaue, Bulacan.
Data Collection Approaches
An interview is a qualitative research technique that
depends on asking questions in order to gather
information. In interviews, there are usually two or
more participants, one of whom is the interviewer who
is posing the questions (Scrbbr, 2022).
Data Collection Processes
The initial process of data gathering is the selection of
respondents that will participate and will provide the
data needed in the study. The respondents are selected
using purposive sampling and must be associated with
the given criterion such as fourth year college students,
18 – 24 years old which is considered as early adult,
and either male or female. 18 female and 6 male for a
total of 24 are selected at a particular private school in
Bocaue, Bulacan from different programs. They are
given consent forms before the researchers proceed
with the actual interview. A brief orientation has been
administered to give respondents some fundamental
knowledge on what the study is all about. Google
Meet, an online video conferencing platform has been
utilized in conducting the data collection and the
respondents are interviewed one by one to secure their
privacy and to assure them that every data they will
provide will only be exclusive between them and the
interviewer and it will solely be used for academic
purposes.
Data Analysis Procedure
Data analysis procedure is the process of gathering,
predicting, and analyzing data in order to extract
insights that can be used to make decisions (Calzon,
2022). In addition, according to LeCompte and
Schensul (2022), research data analysis is a process
used by researchers to reduce data to a story and
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aims to reduce a large set of data into smaller
fragments, which provides context.
Results and Discussion
The following section summarizes the results collected
thoroughly from the interview. The findings of this
study are organized into themes discovered throughout
each participant’s interview. These findings are
divided into two categories, each of which covers a
different theme. These themes include their lived
experiences and challenges. The frequencies of
subordinate themes of each superordinate theme are
listed in descending order of prevalence. Furthermore,
direct quotations from numerous participants are
supplied to further discuss issues or domains.
Lived Experiences
This chapter includes experiences of early adulthood
in terms of positive emotions, motivations, attitudes,
and behavior in binge-watching this, according to the
study of (Neubaum et al. 2019), It was discovered that
people who watched positive media more frequently
than others tended to act more optimistically in their
daily lives. (Shim et al. 2018) revealed that binge-
watchers demonstrate how people view binge-
watching as a way to fulfill their needs for fun,
effectiveness, control, and information.
Emotional rewards of Binge-watching
Binge-Watching provides satisfaction to viewers not
just by how great the plot twists are or how good the
characters act in the story but also the experience itself
from binge-watching. It also brings satisfaction which
eases boredom, relieves stress, gives a feeling of being
rewarded, serves as a form of escapism, brings new
learnings, give a sense of achievement and a sense of
surprise. Binge-watching has been a channel for
leisure which gives motivation to seek for satisfaction
after the birth of media streaming sites which has been
easily accessible to every individual (Boca, 2019). 12
out of 24 students stated that binge-watching relieves
their stress. Respondent 11 stated that he feels relieve
because binge-watching helps him to escape life’s
problem.
“For me Escapism can be healthy in a good way and
it's like our body's way of rewarding you for the
pleasure while reinforcing continued engagement in
watching something we are interested and capture our
imagination.” Stated by respondent 11
Contributing Factors
Motivations are what encourage an individual to
engage in binge-watching activity. These motivations
are identified as social media promotion, peer
pressure, the uniqueness of the story itself, the
relaxation it gives, and just because of boredom.
According to the Uses and Gratification Theory which
explains why individuals seek watching to satisfy
needs, individuals' motivation to binge-watch is to
meet the needs for acquaintance, refreshment, and the
sense of accomplishment (Steiner et al. 2020). 17 out
of 24 students stated that their motivations to binge-
watch are their emotions and social media promotion.
Respondent 7 shared that social media promotion is
what motivates her to binge-watch.
“Ako kasi ano talaga more on sa mga feedbacks ng
mga tao sa socialmedia mga recommendations kung
trending siya so dun ako napupush na panoorin yung
movie na to kahit wala pa kong netflix wala pa kong
sourcekung saan may internet din naman so dun din
ako naano sa mga feedback ng movie ayun pupush ko
talaga.” stated by respondent 7.
Binge-Watching Affects Mood
The Acronym (2022) mentioned that movies and series
have a great impact in affecting and establishing one's
mood. An individual can experience and express
different emotions in just one sitting. 12 out of 24
students stated that binge-watching affects their moods
by sympathizing with the movie character. Respondent
13 shared that her moods whenever she binge-watch
depends on the movie genre that she is watching.
“Ayun kapag kasi nakakanood ako series depende
talaga sa genre yung magiging mood ko, minsan kasi
masyadong ano yun, nafofocus don sa series na aapply
siya minsan sa mood like kapag malungkot parang ang
lungkot lungkot mo rin tapos kapag nakakagalit yung
mga episode or yung series na pinapanood parang
galit ka rin ganon, nakakadamay.” Respondent 13
stated.
Binge-Watching Helps to Learn New Things
There are some movies that can encourage one’s
creativity and help individuals to solve their problems.
They can help the viewers figure out a solution in their
life similar to the genre of sci-fi which involves the
imagination of the viewers and to have stronger social
skills. 22 out of 24 students shared that binge-
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widens their perspectives.
It Widens Perspective. Just like reading books,
Watching TV is also a way to widens people's
knowledge depending on what kind of genre the
viewers are watching, research shows that people who
are watching aggressive series or movies has a
negative impact on their behavior, although there are
negative effect, the positive effect of this is that
viewers learn different kinds of language, generates
the feeling of comfort and energizing effect. Chu
(2017). Just like the following statement the
respondent response:
For respondent 2, she became conscious about other
people who don’t judge other people so fast.
“Siguro po sa panonood po parang, hindi parang,
talagang namumulat niya ako sa mga bagay like
kunwari in a perspective ng ibang tao, kasi 'di ba,
minsan parang mabilis natingi-judge ang mga tao, sa
real life and then in the series, pinapakita nila yung
side ng mga tao, ng mga character bakit sila
nagkaganon, so, ipaalam na 'wag mag-invalidate ng
ibangtao.”
For respondent 9 Statement, he is looking for the
deeper meaning in the movie.
“Ayon actually ayon nga katulad nung sinabi ko hindi
lang kasi talaga ako nanonood lang basta manood
lang ganon, nilulook ko talaga yung deeper meanings
non, tina-try kong iunderstand yung mga pangyayari
ganon paanoko ba yon macoconnect sa akin ganito
ganyan so Malaki talaga, malaki din yung natutulong
non hindi lang academic kapag merong pinapanood
na especially about social issues ganon kasi as a
social study major ayon malaking tulong din sakin yon
and at the same time life lesson na pwede kong iapply
buhay ko sa pagbibinge-watch ng mga movies and at
the same time ng mga series ayon po.”
For respondent 12, he learns some of the medical
terms and sometimes unconsciously learns about the
language without looking for a translation.
“Siguro dun samga story naanosila for example yung
story medical may mga terms ka natutunan dun yung
mga language na ginagamit nila for example yung
Korean drama habang nanonood ka yung ibang word
na familiar na sayo yung madalas nilang ginagamit
kahit hindi mo na basahin yung subtitle niya
naiintindihan siya sa conscious mo na yun.”
For respondent 18 statement, she likes the angle of the
camera that gives more impact in the movie she’s
watching. “Help you you learn new things pano ba,
maliban sa moral lesson na nakukuha ko sa ano
medyo cheesy pero nakakakuha naman tayo diba sa
mga moral lesson na napapanood ko sa mga story
movies ganon sa napapanooran ko may nakukuha
naman tayo kahit papaano so maliban dun dati pa
lang interested na ko sa cinematic sa mga shots
nakakaamaze lang yung mga angle shots parang yung
mga shots na yun yung mga maliit na bagay na yun
nakaka-amaze siya kung pano siya nakakacontribute
sa experience sa nonood yun siguro mga implant
naganon gusto rin matutunan.”
Respondent 20 stated that she learns the importance of
hard work that the protagonist is doing in life.
“Siguro sa mga napapanood ko yung pagsusumikap
ganon kasi halos sa, lalo na sa start-up hindi sila
sumuko, patuloy lang sila ng tuloy ayun pagsusumikap
nga.”
Meanwhile, for respondent 22 statement, there are
movies that are just nonsense while there are also
many movies that are educational.
“Kapag ano may mga sa films kasi at series hindi lang
naman siya eme eme lang na parang wala ka
matutunan actually may ibarin series na sobrang
educational na napakarami mo rin matutunan at
maacquire so ayun.”
Positive Emotions that a Viewer Can Feel
Binge watching has a cathartic effect which allows the
viewers to have strong emotions towards the movies,
this is beneficial for those who are having a hard time
to express their feelings and emotions such as laugh,
cry, or experience an emotion stated by Alcala (2020).
16 out of 24 students stated that they feel happy
whenever they binge-watch.
Happiness. Scott (2020), mentioned that when a
person is stressed and exhausted, they tend to do
something like exercise or meditation to relieve their
stress for a short while, while building their resilient
for a long run and just like re-watching favorite
movies or series, it helps to reduce the stress or
completely get rid at all because watching something
that you look forward to does not makes a person
enjoy, happy and excited but also relieved it’s stress
and sometimes problems according to Scott (2020).

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According to respondent 16 statement, she feels happy
and relaxed while binge watching, it also helps her
relieve her stress.
“yung masaya ayun positive, masaya and relaxing,
parang paulit ulit lang din naman na masaya and
relaxing, kasi nga, kaya tayo nanonood, kasi para mag
relax, maging masaya, maibsan yung pagka-bored
natin, then bonding sa sarili, ano ba, parang stress
reliever natin yun.”
For respondent 22 statement, when she reaches the
climax and the favor of the situation is in the
protagonist, she is also happy.
“Kapag nag reach na yung climax yung series tapos
pabor sa protagonist yung nangyayari parang okay na
din ako kasi nasolve na yung problem nila at pag
nagtapos na yung series na parang happy ending
ganon ayun parang nakaka-affect din siya ng mood
parang nadadamay ako.”
Mental Health before Binge-Watching
Preissler (2020) stated that viewers describe their
mental health before binge- watching as both positive
and negative. There were respondents who had a
neutral to stable mental health and there were also
respondents who felt stressed even before they started
binge-watching. However, it was revealed that mental
health status has nothing to do with the motivation
prior to binge- watching. Moreover, studies did not
support any found significant relationship between
psychological health disorders and binge-watching
behavior. 12 out of 24 students stated that their mental
health is ranging from neutral to stable before they
binge-watch. Respondent 15 shared her sentiments
about her mental health before he binge watch.
“Ano parang masaya naeexcite ganon dahil marerelax
na naman yung isip kasi pag nonood ako yun talaga
ang pahinga ko.” stated by respondent 15.
Binge-Watching Affects Critical Thinking
Binge-watching does not just provide entertainment
and pleasure to the eyesbut also it feeds knowledge
and wisdom to the mind. Watching expose us to a
variety of situations and challenges which helps us to
broaden our perspective and enhances our cognition
and intellectual ability. Furthermore, according to
Schimmel (2021), movies can be a powerful tool in
teaching because they engage the viewers in the movie
and gain a better understanding about the life
experiences of individuals. 14 out of 24 students stated
that binge-watching enhances thir critical thinking.
Respondent 7 shared that watching movies helps her to
improve her decision-making skills.
“Sa critical thinking ano, especially yung mga
adventure na may halong suspense ganyan kasi ano,
outside the movie ka parang may times na ano
nakaisip ka din ng alternative solutions na di
nagagawa ni bida minsan na frufrustrate ako na dapat
ganito nalang ginawa niya para di siya namatay mga
ganun. Saka ano especially kapag realistic yung scene
like for example nanakawan yung si bida sa bahay
niya in the middle of the night ganyan so parang it's
either makakakuha ka ng idea or yung mangyayari sa
movie yun yung mapeprevent mo at saka kung
mangyari sakin in real life yun alam ko na gagawin
ko.” Respondent 7 stated.
Overall Experience in Binge-Watching
Viewers find their overall experience in binge-
watching as satisfying in all aspects. It can be a way to
ease boredom, to relieve stress, to serve as a medium
wherein they can redirect their attention away from
overthinking, and it can just be an effective source of
entertainment. According to a study, binge-watching is
considered to be satisfying which is comparable to the
emotion experienced after accomplishing a book
Steiner et al. 2020). 20 out of 24 students stated that
they have satisfying overall experience in binge-
watching.
Satisfying overall experience. Studies claimed that
finishing a show gives binge-watchers satisfaction. It
has been reported that this gratification has a sense of
completeness which is similar to the emotion
experienced after finishing a book, and they believed
binge-watching this process more effectively than
viewing broadcast television (Steiner et al. 2020).
Furthermore, as long as there are no conflicts of
interest or guilt feelings, binge- watching is considered
to be enjoyable. The heightened sense of authority
brought on by binge-watching, on the other hand, has a
beneficial impact on one’s well-being.
These findings support the critical position of self-
determination as a mediator between media
consumption, media enjoyment, and psychological
health (Granow et al. 2018).
Respondent 8 described her overall experience in
binge-watching as entertaining.

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“Nakaka-entertain pero nakakaubos din ng oras kung
sinimulan mo manood ng umaga hindi magiging
maganda dahil wala ka na magagawa na iba kaya ako
nanonood lang ako tuwing gabi pagtapos ng mga
gawain in the same time natuto rin naman ako sa mga
bagay-bagay yun nga yung mga lesson na pinapanood
ko sa movie na yun realization din sakin.”
Respondent 10 described her overall experience in
binge-watching as an effective way to divert her
attention from overthinking.
“It really helps me talaga sa pagtanggal ng pag-
ooverthink ko. Nakakakalimot ako sa problema.”
Challenges of viewers
This chapter includes challenges of early adulthood in
binge-watching in terms of their social life, Physical
activities, academic performance and daily routines.
Procrastination decreases productivity as a result of
binge-watching frequently resulting in the viewer
developing guilt (Mehra et al. 2018). In other
circumstances, the accompanying guilt from binge-
watching causes the consumer to lose control even
more in order to put off duties even longer (Panda et
al. 2017).
Binge-watching Affects Daily Routine
Viewers admit that binge-watching causes distractions
to their daily routine. Some of the participants
experience distractions and negligence to their usual
daily routine because of binge-watching. Moreover,
moving around and getting some fresh air will do
wonders for your physical and emotional health. It
regulates your mental health while also accelerating
your metabolism, which is essential for functioning,
particularly on bad days. Sadly, some studies have
discovered that binge watching may make someone
less interested in doing physical activities. It's
concerning that this could make them more sluggish
and possibly force some people to stop attending
events. Berman (2022) 22 out of 24 students shared
that binge-watching affects their daily routine for it
results in seleep deprivation.
Binge-watching Interferes with Sleep. Binge-
watching serves as entertainment support to viewers.
Furthermore, the content of the movie or the series has
something to do with viewers' resistance to binge-
watching, because according to some participants, the
more exciting the movie or series gets, the more they
want to finish every episode. In addition, that results in
every viewer staying up all night watching, and
sacrificing sleep. Moreover, according to Walton
(2017), the idea that using our smartphones and other
devices before bed is detrimental for sleep has
received a lot of attention recently, but for a different
reason. Here, the blue wavelengths of the displays'
light can influence the parts of the brain that control
circadian rhythm, in part by preventing the release of
melatonin. So, neurophysiological mechanisms have
mostly been used to explain the cause.
Results in Sleep Deprivation. Delaying sleep can be
harmful, as a recent study in the Journal of Clinical
Sleep Medicine indicated that binge- watchers had
more fatigue, more insomnia symptoms, lower sleep
quality, and more awareness before bed as stated by
Sleep Education (2022) Furthermore, binge-watching
is linked to increased levels of "pre-sleep arousal,"
which explains why many individuals have trouble
falling asleep after watching an interesting show
because their brains simply can't bring themselves to
stop thinking about the plot. (Sleep Health, 2022)
Moreover, some of the participants share their
experiences about how binge-watching affects their
sleep. Respondent 7 narrated how binge-watching
affects her sleep because of too much screen time.
"Ang regular ko na sleep talaga na sure na sure ako
mga 2am pa ayan sa kakapagano may halong movie
kasi kapag nasa harap ka ng screen di mo talaga
mafifeel yun ganto walang darkness may light padin
yun yung napeperceive ng katawan ko akala niya
umaga pa din kaya di ako nakakatulog kaya ano the
more you watch the more you prevent yourself for
sleeping." Stated by respondent 7.
According to respondent 8 she stays up to midnight
binge-watching that results in her waking uplate in the
morning.
"Ang target ko sa tulog ko 9 hours o 8 hours sa gabi
ganon ang nangyayari kasi minsan umaabot ako ng
12:30 ganyan kaya ayun nalelate ako ng gising at yun
hindi dapat ganon." As stated by respondent 8.
Respondent 12 narrated how binge-watching destroyed
his sleeping patterns and body clock.
"Malaking negative effect siya sa sleeping pattern ko
sa body clock ko bago ko mag simula manood ng mga
ganyan ayos naman yung sleeping pattern ko, bago ko
mag simula manood ng mga ganyan normal naman
ako normal naman pala talaga ko normal pala yung
tulog ko tapos nung simula ako manood nun ayun mga
alas dose alas tres." Respondent 12 narrated.

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Affects Studies and Work. Binge-watching does take
a lot of time for every viewer, from the fact that binge-
watching is a watching activity that takes too much
time. In addition, with that binge-watching habit they
also take the time of the viewers for their school and
work. Moreover, some of the participants identified
that binge-watching interferes with their study and or
work. Furthermore, binge-watching undoubtedly
hinders intellectual development in students. Young
people usually fall behind in their academics because it
makes it difficult to keep up with a demanding college
schedule. They frequently neglect to prepare for
exams, miss class, and fail to turn in assignments on
time. Naturally, if the only thing on your mind is
wrapping up another season of an engaging show, it
will be impossible to complete projects by the
deadline. When this happens, one's desire to study
substantially declines, and the only way to regain it is
to quit watching Netflix. Assessment results suffer as a
result, and the likelihood of expulsion rises. The
Clinton Courier (2021)
Interferes with Study Habits. Binge watching
hinders intellectual development in students. Young
people usually fall behind in their academics because it
makes it difficult to keep up with a demanding college
schedule. They frequently neglect to prepare for
exams, miss class, and fail to turn in assignments on
time. Naturally, if the only thing on your mind is
wrapping up another season of an engaging show, it
will be impossible to complete projects by the
deadline. The Clinton Courier (2021) Furthermore,
some participants narrated how binge-watching
interferes with their study habits.
"Since student din po ako, 'yung binge watching is may
positive and negative effect din po, so parang ano po,
case to case basis po, kasi minsan, sa studies po sa
academics, need din pong mag-rest, and then parang
isa 'yun sa, hindi ma-drain 'yung utak mo ganon po
parang tinutulungan ka niya para ma-relieve ka sa
stress and then 'yung negative po, nasasantabi po
'yung mga activities, mga task para makapag-binge
watch po." Respondent 2 narrated.
Respondent 16 said that binge-watching causes
distractions to her study.
"Oo ganon distraction, lalo na talaga minsan pag may
inaabangan akong series, nagiging distraction siya
like minsan ano deadline na ngayong araw, tapos ano,
nood muna tayo ngayon ng isang episode ganon."
Respondent 22 narrated how binge-watching affects
her studies.
"Ayun nakaka-apekto na siya halimbawa may klase
ako tapos dahil ayun nga parang nabitin sa panonood
ng kahit anong series na interesting parang ano siya
yung isip ko nakafocus dun sa pinapanood ko ano
kaya mangyayari o kaya ano kaya next episode niya
imbis na matuto ako sa klase parang na didivert yumg
attention ko sa pinapanood ko."
Furthermore, there are also participants that stated how
binge-watching affects their work.
"Sometimes I’m late at my work because of overnight
watching movies ayon po. So sa pag-aaral naman ah
hindi naman siya naka-apekto kasi ano eh ah time
management." Respondent 4 said.
Respondent 21 said that she doesn't do her work
properly because of binge- watching.
"Di mo na nagagampanan ng maayos ang trabaho
dahil gusto mo na lang manood or puyat ka kaya
matutulog ka sa trabaho."
Respondent 6 stated that binge-watching has never
been a distraction.
"For me di naman siya nakaka-distract kasi nakaka-
help siya. Balance lang naman ako sa panonood."
Respondent 6 said.
Respondent 8 stated that she still chooses to take a rest
after school from binge- watching.
"Sa pagaaral naman hindi naman ako masyado
mapanood pag may pasok as in siguro ano lang
sunday, sunday lang ako nanonood dahil nga may
pasok hanggang gabi may klase tayo pagod na nga
yung utak mo kaya yun tinatamad na ko manood ng
movie dahil magdamag na ko nakatutok sa cellphone
ayun."
Respondent 9 narrated how he can relate movies that
he was watching to his life and in their class
discussion.
"nakakatuwa kasi pagka-during class may question
about this particular social issue and napanood ko
siya sa isang series or movie ganon minsan na gagawa
ko siyang example na tapos nai-rerelate ko din yon
hindi lang sa sarili ko pati doon sa mga kaklase ko
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ganon as a student, as an individual lalo na sa
panahon ng pandemic so I think hindi siya naging
distraction or actually mas nakatulong pa siya na may
matutunan pa ako when it comes to my academics
yon."
Respondent 10 stated that she knows her priorities
well.
"Wala naman. Kasi pag may klase or pasok, di naman
ako nanonood. Ngayon lang talaga na bakasyon. And
kah it n ama n may o nli ne bu sin es s ak o,
syempreyungpag message ng customers, bigla bigla
yon, uunahin ko parin yon kesa manood. "
Binge-watching Affects Emotion
This theme elaborates how binge-watching affects the
feelings and emotions of viewers towards the
characters in the movies. It presents the participants’
point of view on what they experience throughout the
movie. In addition, (Rubenking et al. 2018) discovered
that binge watching was used to help viewers regulate
their emotions by allowing them to indulge in
whatever emotions they desired based on the content
they chose to watch. 12 out of 24 students stated that
binge-watching brings feeling of empathy to them.
Respondent 16 stated that her mood depends on the
movie genre that she is watching, it affects her
emotion in a way that she is sympathizing with the
movie character.
“Yung mood ko, minsan depende talaga sa mga
napapanood natin, kapag malungkot, dalang dala
natin yung lungkot non kapag sad ending, ayun
depende sa mood natin na pag sad ending or kapag
happy ending edi masaya, nakakarelate tayo, kapag
malungkot edi nasasaktan tayo, ganon, yun.’’
Respondent 16 stated.
Social Life of Viewers
This theme presents the overall effect of binge-
watching the social life of early adulthood. Individuals
who engage in binge-watching may adversely affect
the social activities of the viewers (Ramayani et al.
2018). 12 out of 24 students stated that binge-watching
bonds their relationships by sharing thoughts about
movies with their loved ones.
Bonds Relationship. Intensive binge-watching may
be linked to social pleasure and other factors that in
fact encourage social interactions (Ramayan et al.
2018). In addition, the study of (Anghelcev et al. 2020)
revealed that Binge watchers claimed to spend a lot
more time interacting with friends and family.
Respondent 2 Stated that binge-watching serves as a
way to connect herself with her friends.
“Siguro po ano, okay pa rin naman po kasi po ano,
yung circles of friends ko po parang mahilig din po
sila sa mga series and movies, para pong yung
pagbibinge-watch ko po, isa po yun sa mga ways para
maging connected pa rin po ako sakanila para like
may pag-usapan kami or may pagkwentuhan.” stated
by respondent 2.
Similarly, respondent 3 stated that binge-watching
bonds her relationship with friends by sharing thoughts
about movies.
“kunwari may kaibigan ako na parehas kami
nanonood ng drama ganon, isheshare ko kung ano
yung napanood ko, kekwento yung story yung
natutunan ko sa napanood ko, pag wala na kami
mapag-usapan, yun na yung topic na binibigay ko.”
Respondent 3 stated.
Respondent 4 shared that sharing thoughts about
watching movies affects him to have a positive
relationship with friends
“Nag-improve ako kasi po introvert po kasi talaga
ako, mahiyain tapos kapag may get together po ng
classmates or ng mga friends ayun po parang mas
nagiging topic po naming yung mga napapanood na
series kaya po ayon, sa tingin ko po talaga nag-
improve siya.
Binge-watching Intensify Loneliness
This theme presents how binge-watching intensifies
loneliness. there are times when a person wants to be
alone for a while away from everything, although it is
hard to be alone, there are times when a person feel the
need to be one, as it turns to be possible to be alone
without completely alienated themselves as stated by
Pangilinan (2021). in spite of that, isolation can
sometimes lead to different kinds of emotions such as
sadness, grief, hopelessness and more as stated by
May(2021). 12 out of 24 students stated that binge-
watching influence them to be emotionally unstable.
Respondent 18 stated that binge-watching intensify her
loneliness in a way that she can relate to the story.
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yung sadyang malungkot na ko that day tas nanood
ako intensify naman minsan nadadala tayo sa
characters kunwari parang nakakarelate ka sa story
parang naiintensify na yung loneliness mo so yun
ganon parang mas nacoconnect ka sa kanya in that
way na iintensify ka sa kanya ay oo nga no baka
ganon din yung story ko yun lang.’’
Overall Impact of Binge-Watching
This theme elaborates the impact of binge-watching to
early adulthood in terms of gaining knowledge. Thus,
Individuals are defined by self-development and
cognitive opportunities to learn information or
knowledge through watching TV series (Shim et al.
2018). 24 out of 24 students stated that binge-watching
brings life learning to them.
Brings Life learning.Binge-watching can establish a
significant and very meaningful experience for viewers
(Merrill et al. 2019). Moreover, Binge-watching
provides insights and realizations to viewers that can
apply to real life situations. Thus, it is extremely
possible to improve one's perceived comprehension
and general knowledge in binge-watching (Kaufman,
2021).
Respondent 19 shared that binge-watching gives her
life lesson that she could apply on how to deal with
other people.
“Amazing, maganda kasi kumbaga kasi madami kang
matutunan sa pinapanood mo bukod dun for me mas
pinapalawak yung understanding ko kaya kahit hindi
ko na experience yung ng characters parang
naexperi ence ko na din yun ganon parang
nagkakaroon ako ng idea how to understand yung mga
tao sa paligid mo ganon.”
Aspects of life that have been deprived
Procrastination and decreased productivity as a result
of binge watching frequently result in the viewer
developing guilt (Mehra et al. 2018). In other
circumstances, the accompanying guilt from binge
watching causes the consumer to lose control even
more in order to put off their duties even longer (Panda
et al. 2017).
Respondent 4 stated that binge-watching affects her
daily routine in doing physical activities.
“Sa tingin ko po yung ano page-exercise kasi po dati
noong hindi pa ako nagbibinge-watch kumbaga ano,
nasa daily routine kasi mula umaga hanggang gabi
naman nag e-exercise ako, kumbaga ano ko na siya,
nasa daily routine pero noong naging addicted na ko
sa movies, minsan na lang, kumbaga skip skip na yung
page-exercise.”
Respondent 16 also added that binge-watching lessens
her to do exercises and workouts.
“nagkaron ng kakulangan is yun nga yung hindi na
ako nakakapag excercise or workout simula nung
talagang nagbibinge-watch na ako, second naman is
nagkakaroon ng apekto o epekto, nagkakaroon ng
epekto sa pag- aaral ko kasi nga parang hindi na,
nagiging distraction siya and yung last naman, in third
naman is yung pakikipag socialize ko syempre
halimbawa may mga friends tayo na kailangan ng
makakausap syempre hindi natin nakakausap kasi nga
minsan naka do not disturb ako kapag nanonood ako
kaya hindi nag nonotif, so nagtutuloy-tuloy yung
panonood ko and habol ko lang din sa family, or sa
bahay, hindi na ako nakakatulong sa gawaing bahay
kasi nga tuloy tuloy yung panonood ko parang ayaw
kong paistorbo.”
Respondent 13 shared that binge-watching negatively
affects her studies.
“d a hi l sa b in ge -w at ch in g no od tal aga
nakakapagpabaya siya ng studies like wala kang ibang
iniisip kundi gusto mo lang manood ganon, saka lalo
na yang exercise kasi syempre kapag nanonood lang
diba nakahiga lang lalo na pag binge watching na,
nakahiga ka lang mag damag, walang kilos tapos
kakain ka pa ng mga junk foods ganon.”
Respondent 2 also added that binge-watching
negatively affects her school performance and makes
her procrastinate on tasks.
“sa studies ko ganon, napabayaan ko po yung studies
ko like, ang course ko kasi is accountancy, parang
trabaho lang parang curios ka talaga, review and then
yung parang hindi ko po napapansin yung pag may
mga quiz kami na mga malapit na ipasa, ganon po.”
Respondent 1 stated binge-watching affects his social
activities to interact with people because her attention
is focused on watching movies.
“Syempre po 'yunguna po 'yung social aspect, 'yun po,
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imbes na makakapag socialize ka sa ibang tao, mas
natutuunan mo pa ng atensyon yung pagbibinge-
watch.”
Respondent 6 also added that binge-watching lessens
his social engagements with others.
“Sa social life gaya ng sabi ko kanina di masyadong
nakikipag socialize.”
Ally stated that binge watching negatively affects her
to unite with her family.
“sa relationship ditto sa mga nakakasama ko sa
bahay. Unlike before na nakakapagbonding kami.”
Conclusion
Based on the findings of the study, the following
conclusion were drawn: (1) Some of the early
adulthood expressed that binge-watching serves as
their mechanism in coping up with stress. In addition,
most of the participants claimed that social media
motivated them to commit in binge-watching. Viewers
also revealed that binge-watching has been beneficial
to their mental health. (2) Binge-watching helps early
adulthood to improve their critical thinking skills and
has the capacity to empathize themselves to the
situation of the movie character. In addition, most of
the early adulthood experience that binge- watching
helps them to adapt new lessons that can apply in their
daily life. (3) In terms of Binge-watching, early
adulthood experiences positive emotions such as
satisfaction on their mental health, developed their
perspectives, and affects their critical thinking and
enables them to give empathy. (4) However, some of
the early adulthood revealed that binge-watching
negatively affects them to be unproductive. In
addition, some of them experiences sleep deprivation
in terms of binge-watching and poorly affect their
academic performance. (5) In terms of binge-watching,
the social life of viewers also affected as some of the
early adulthood expressed that binge-watching
interferes their social interaction with family and
friends while some of participants admit that binge-
watching helps them to establish good relationships
with other people. (6) Some of the participants also
revealed that binge-watching increased their feeling of
loneliness as they have the capacity to isolate. In
addition, the physical activities of early adulthood also
been deprived due to excessively indulge in binge-
watching.
Following are some recommendations made in light of
the findings and conclusions: (1) It is also advised to
conduct a webinar or seminar intended for early
adulthood who are committed to binge-watch to be
able to have knowledge on the important issues
regarding binge-watching. (2) Specifically, it is
advised that early adulthood manage their time
properly in terms of binge-watching to avoid sleep
deprivation, isolation, and unproductivity. (3) The
researchers encourage early adulthood to give much
more importance to their physical activities and
academic performance rather than watching to avoid
addiction from binge-watching. (4) It is quite advised
that viewers should watch good movies that beneficial
for their mental health to avoid mental health
problems. (5) Early adulthood suggested to familiarize
themselves in a healthy manner of binge-watching to
avoid negative risks in their daily life.
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Rochelle S.P. Bartolome
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. - Philippines
Arlan B. De Luna Jr.
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. - Philippines
Shainalhyn S. Gado
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. - Philippines
James Paul P. Carrozo
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. - Philippines
Vince Adorza
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. – Philippines
Angela Kate Ferrer
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. – Philippines
Amor S. Artiola
Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. - Philippines
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Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. – Philippines
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Jesus Is Lord Colleges Foundation, Inc. - Philippines