THE TELEVISED MEDIA-COORDINATES OF BOREDOM
Keywords:
Media diet, Television, Boredom, Flow Theory.Abstract
Even with today’s variety of engaging technologies, some teenagers are still faced with boredom. While it would be natural to assume random occurrences of the state in various contexts, it is being reported as a constant, somewhat generalized state of disengagement by some high-school-aged teenagers.
The investigation, fraction of a broader research project, conducted on 271 high-school students aged 16-18, indicates a circular causal relationship between boredom and certain televised media diet patterns.References
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