For 3 weeks in January 2015, a group of 21 students and 2 professors tested various theories about how "bingeing" on multimedia affected our bodies, minds, moods, and appreciation for narrative form. We binged for 24+ hrs of tv series, 20+ hrs of book series, and 16+ hours of video games. Throughout, we tracked the phenomenology of multimedia consumption and the effects of our immersion in fictional worlds. These are some of our reflections.
Sunday, January 18, 2015
Well, that was awkward!
When I first heard that we would be binge reading, I was over the moon excited. I read a lot, pretty much the only way I read is binge reading! Then I heard I could read the Golden Compass, something that had been on my list to read for a while. But when I actually started reading, I just could not read as I usually do. It was slow and tiring and dull. I didn't even manage to finish the book! By the end of the binges, I was so tired, I ended up sleeping so much! The book itself was very interesting, but I just could not get into it like I have been able to with other books. I have binge read before, but this was just not one of the times I could very well. I will probably try to keep reading the books because I really want to, but not for a binge. If I was going to binge, apparently I need more dragons in the story. I can always binge books about dragons.
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