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Are we streaming into political participation through a personalized, on-demand TV diet?

  • Written by Jacob Groshek, Assistant Professor, Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
imageCouch potato or engaged citizen?Woman on couch via shutterstock.com

Media and scholarly reports have linked the binge-watching of streaming television to personal health problems. The effects of heavy use of platforms such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime have been reported to include depression, chronic illness, weight gain, sleep disorders and...

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