MeghanFisher

KenyaLipplett
CareyJester
DestinyVargas
AhniyaGolden

ResearchQuestions:
RQ1:Howdogenderandageaffecttheamountofbingewatching?
RQ2:Istherearelationshipbetweenbingewatchingandacademicperformance?
RQ3:Isthereadifferencebetweenmaleandfemaleperceptionofhowbingeviewingaffects
theirlife?

Rationale:

Asagroupoffivegirls,wewantedtohoneinonapieceofbingewatchingthatwecould
relateto.WeunderstandhowweourselvesaswomenwatchTV.Wecanguesswhatgenre,
howmanyepisodesandwhattimeofdaywearemostlikelytowatchit.However,whatwedont
knowforsureishowtheoppositesexinteractswiththesubject.Whatgenredomenactually
watchthemostoften?Dotheysitdownforanepisodeanightorpowerthroughfourduringthe
day?Evenlookingatourownintuitionwithwomen,theresultswillmostlikelyvary.Ontopof
that,howdoesitactuallyaffectouracademics?Wearecollegestudentswhodedicatehoursto
schoolworkeveryday.SowhatdohoursofviewingactuallylooklikeonourGPA?Thatiswhy
wedecidedtogettheanswersandfindproofforthequestionswehave.

Ourresearchquestionsdevelopedintothefollowing.Howdogenderandageaffectthe
amountofbingewatching?Istherearelationshipbetweenbingewatchingandacademic
performance?sthereadifferencebetweenmaleandfemaleperceptionofhowbingeviewing
affectstheirlife?
Wearelookingtofindresultsonthebasicquestions,howmuchTVdoyouwatchaday,
whatprogramsdoyouusetowatchit,whattimeofdaydoyouwatchit,etc.Addinavariableof
genderandcomparingthoseresults.Thenputtingtheaveragesofeachgendersresponses
alongsidequestionslike,whendoyoudoyourhomeworkandhowmanyhoursdoyouputinto
schooldaily?Wearehopingtofindwhatrelationbingewatchinghasonoverallacademic
performance.

Togetstarted,wefirstneedtodefinebingewatching.AccordingtoGeoffreyGraybeal,
aprofessoratTexasTechUniversity,bingewatchingisclassifiedaswatchingthreeormore
episodesofthesameshowinarowinonesinglesitting.
Interestingly,afterlookingintothetopicmore,wefoundastudythatpresenteduswitha
possiblevariable.Fewpeopledescribedbingewatchinghalfhourshows,whichsuggeststhat
theyactivityisprimarilyforlonger,moreseriousshows.Thisstudy,postedintheAtlantic
Magazinebringsupaninterestingvariablethatwillneedtobeaccountedforinthesurvey.If
someonedoesnotclassifybingeingwhentheyarewatchingaseriesof30minuteshows,then

theycanskewourresults.Soweneedtolookintothebestwaytodefinebingewatchingfor
themandthenbreakdownthequestionstoaccountforthisvariance.

Afterwehavedefinedourvariables,weneedtolookatwherepeoplearewatching
theseshows.AccordingtoNielsen,38%ofAmericansuseorsubscribetoNetflixwhileonly
18%reportedlyuseHulu.Couldthemediumberelatedtoastudent'sacademicsuccess?While
wewontinfercausation,itcouldbeinterestingtodetermineifthemorepopularmediumsinturn
fallalongsidehigherorlowercollegesuccessrates.

Finally,intermsofbingewatchingeffectsonmenandwomen,wefoundafewscary
statistics.Surprisingly,inregardstoourearlierestimates,thelinebetweenhowmanymales
andfemalesbingewatchisveryclose.AccordingtoastudydonebyAnnalect,67%ofwomen
and59%ofmenreportedlybingewatch.Ofthem,57%offemalesand47%ofmalesclaim
thatithasnotimpactedthetimetheyspendinotherareasintheirlives.EverydayHealth
reportedthat,Arecent
surveybyNetflix
foundthat61percentof1,500onlinerespondentssaid
theybingewatchtelevisionregularly.

Soifpeopledontfullyunderstandtheeffectsofbingewatchingontheirownbodies,do
theyreallynoticearelationshipintheirschoolwork?Aftergettingthenumbersandanalyzingthe
data,wehopetofindananswerandeducatecollegestudentontherealitiesofthisfunbut
potentiallydetrimentalhobby.

References:

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Levin,G.(2013,September19).Nielsensays38%ofAmericansuseNetflix.Retrieved
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SurveyQuestions

*Inthissurvey,bingewatchingisdefinedasconsecutivelywatching3ormorehoursof
thesamecontent

1.Whatisyourage?(RQ1)
*InsertAge*

2.Whatgenderdoyouidentifyas?(RQ1,RQ3)
*Selectone*
Male
Female
Transgender
Idonotidentifyasanyspecificgender

3.Howoftendoyouwatch3ormorehoursofat.v.showormovieinoneweek?(RQ1)
*Selectone*
Never
12timesaweek
34timesaweek
56timesaweek
Everydayoftheweek
Everyday

4.Howoftendoyoustudyordohomeworkduringtheweek?(RQ1,RQ2)
*Selectone*
Never
12timesaweek
34timesaweek
56timesaweek

Everydayoftheweek

5.WhatisyourcurrentGPA:(RQ2)
*InsertGPA*

6.Provideyouropiniononthefollowingstatement:Ibelievethatbingewatchingaffects
thetimespentonmyacademics.(RQ3)
*Selectone*
stronglyagree
agree
neutral
disagree
stronglydisagree

7.Provideyouropiniononthefollowingstatement:
Ispendlesstimestudyingbecauseof
mytimebingeviewing?(RQ3)
stronglyagree
agree
neutral
disagree
stronglydisagree