Entertainment Choices Research Articles

Impact of over-the-top video providers on viewing satisfaction and its effect on watching a movie in cinema: Bridging preferences and challenges

Netflix, Disney Hotstar, Amazon Prime, and VIU are projected to abolish cinema due to fierce competition. Traditional cinema businessmen blame the COVID-19 pandemic for exacerbating cinema's collapse. Streaming services are more like websites than TV and movie theatres in terms of distribution and accessibility. Streaming platforms provide users more control over content selection and consumption, changing how they watch TV and films. This study compares OTT video provider viewing pleasure to cinema viewing satisfaction. Satisfaction is essential to understanding customer decisions and entertainment. Analysing and comparing both mediums' satisfaction levels will reveal what influences viewers' tastes and entertainment choices. This survey-based investigation was quantitative. OTT users and cinemagoers in Greater Jakarta (Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Tangerang-Bekasi) were surveyed. June 2024's survey. This study compares OTT and cinema viewing satisfaction. 148 respondents were used in this investigation. This study sheds light on the changing dynamics between OTT video providers and traditional cinema experiences. The research will also help industry practitioners understand viewers' preferences and optimise their offers to increase satisfaction and competitiveness. This study compares OTT video providers' viewing satisfaction to cinema experiences to better understand viewers' leisure preferences. The findings will help industry players decide on content generation, distribution, and user experience improvements. This study contributes to the discussion over entertainment consumption's future and customer pleasure.

Nature Connectedness Reduces Internet Gaming Disorder: The Chain Mediating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Desire Thinking.

While online gaming has become a choice for relaxation and entertainment in today's digital age, Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) has also become a widely concerning mental disorder. Nature connectedness has been found to effectively reduce addiction-related risks and alleviate symptoms of addictive behaviors. It is a relatively lacking but very important factor influencing psychological recovery and regulation in the digital society. This study aims to explore the relationship between nature connectedness and IGD, and the mediating roles of intolerance of uncertainty and desire thinking. A total of 571 young people voluntarily participated in the questionnaire survey. The results showed that: (1) nature connectedness was negatively correlated with IGD; (2) intolerance of uncertainty plays a mediating role between nature connectedness and IGD; and (3) intolerance of uncertainty and desire thinking plays a chain mediating role between nature connectedness and IGD. Analysis of the research results indicates that nature connectedness can effectively reduce IGD and reveal its mechanism of action. The findings provide new insights for the study and intervention of IGD in the digital age.

Phantom vibration and ringing syndromes among Indian medical students

Mobile phones are now crucial to our everyday routines, transforming how we interact, granting immediate access to information, fostering social bonds, facilitating shopping, advancing healthcare, enriching education, increasing productivity, and broadening entertainment choices. However, excessive phone usage can result in a higher prevalence of physical or psychological disorders. Phantom sensations, such as Phantom Vibration Syndrome (PVS) and Phantom Ringing Syndrome (PRS), describe the experience of feeling vibrations or hearing ringing from a phone when it is not actually vibrating or ringing. The objectives of the present study are a) to develop a self-administered smartphone addiction scale (SAS) among medical students at a tertiary care facility and b) to find out the aggravating factors for PVS and PRS among medical students in a tertiary care hospital. Our study was a cross-sectional observational survey conducted among 473 medical undergraduate students, using stratified random sampling to select the participants. The self-administered questionnaire was developed based on the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS), which is validated and efficient for evaluating smartphone addiction. Among the participants, 46% were males and 54% were females. Our study reported that 60% of the students experienced phantom vibration/ringing syndrome, 53% had poor sleep patterns due to excessive use of mobile phones, 58% felt their lives would be empty without phones, 57% thought about mobile phones even when they were not in their hands, and 56% felt the urge to use their smartphones again right after they stopped using them. About 58% of the students preferred talking with smartphone buddies to hanging out with real-life friends or other family members, reflecting poor socialization among young adults. We recommend a qualitative analysis of behavioural and psychological components to explore the root cause of this issue. Literature on the causes of phantom sensations/vibrations has been limited, with existing theories lacking a comprehensive perspective.

The Relationship Between Podcast Advertising and Millennial Entertainment Choices: A Media and Entertainment Industry Perspective

This academic paper explores the dynamic interplay between podcast advertising and millennial entertainment choices in the United States from 2010 to 2023. The research delves into the evolving landscape of millennial preferences, the growth of podcasting, and the impact of advertising within this influential medium. Drawing on a comprehensive literature review, the paper synthesizes findings from existing studies, highlighting the role of trust, authenticity, and niche targeting in podcast advertising effectiveness. Challenges faced by advertisers, such as saturation and ad avoidance, are examined alongside opportunities for growth, including data-driven targeting and collaborative content creation. The study concludes with insights into the future trends of podcast advertising and its potential impact on shaping millennial behavior, offering implications for the media and entertainment industry.

An in-depth analysis of the Entertainment Preferences before and after Covid-19 among Engineering Students of West Bengal

The Covid- 19 pandemic had a significant impact on populations throughout the world. As countries implemented lockdowns or restrictions on movement of people, and most services and activities were shifted to online mode, it had a cascading effect on social lives too. As the usual entertainment and recre- ational choices were no longer viable, people shifted their attention towards other modes of entertainment, viz., digital entertainment, social media etc. As young adults, college students have a rich and varied social life. The present study investigates the impact of the pandemic on the entertainment and recre- ational trends among the engineering students of West Bengal. The study utilizes descriptive and inferential statistical tools using SPSS version 20 to investigate how social activities among the students were affected by the pan- demic. The study reveals that, while cultural/sports activities and social out- ings were the two most preferred offline entertainment choices pre and post- pandemic, a significant percentage of students shifted to other forms of offline entertainment post-pandemic [(Saha)]. On the other hand, in case of online entertainment choices, number of students preferring online streaming services increased post-pandemic (48.3 % from 40%). It has also been found that stu- dents spent more time on online entertainment mediums post- pandemic than before (4 hours from 3.2 hours per day on average). A decrease in average monthly expenditure can be observed for offline entertainment activities while a significant increase is noted for online entertainment consumption (Saha). Interestingly, while gender has been found to have an impact on the entertain- ment preferences in all cases, area of residence (rural/urban) has an impact only on online entertainment preferences post pandemic.

Why people keep watching: neurophysiologic immersion during video consumption increases viewing time and influences behavior.

Streaming services provide people with a seemingly infinite set of entertainment choices. This large set of options makes the decision to view alternative content or stop consuming content altogether compelling. Yet, nearly all experimental studies of the attributes of video content and their ability to influence behavior require that participants view stimuli in their entirety. The present study measured neurophysiologic responses while participants viewed videos with the option to stop viewing without penalty in order to identify signals that capture the neural value of content. A post-video behavioral choice was included to reduce the likelihood that measured neurophysiologic responses were noise rather than signal. We found that a measure derived from neurophysiologic Immersion predicted how long participants would watch a video. Further, the time spent watching a video increased the likelihood that it influenced behavior. The analysis indicates that the neurologic value one receives helps explain why people continue to watch videos and why they are influenced by them.

THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL BRANDING ON INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS: A REVIEW

Facing stiff competition from counterparts and alternative entertainment choice in the entertainment market, individual performing artists try hard to get their name and performance noticed by the audience and investors through personal branding. However, it will be shown that the effects and success of personal branding are contingent on whether the performing artists are volitionally involved in the process. It will then propose how to enhance the performing artists in volition for personal branding.

Principals’ Involvement of Students in Decision Making and Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Baringo County, Kenya

The persistent student indiscipline in form of unrests in secondary schools and their never-ending desire to destroy school property probably reflects a feeling of disaffection rather than that of a sense of ownership of the schools they attend. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of principals’ involvement of students in decision making on their discipline in public secondary schools in Baringo County, Kenya. This study was anchored on Assertive Discipline Model as advocated by Canter and Canter (2001). The research employed descriptive survey research design. The study employed proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The target population was 121 principals, 920 class teachers and 242 students. Stratified proportionate random sampling was used to obtain 41 principals 292 teachers and 80 students. Questionnaires for teachers and students were used for data collection, while interview guide was used to gather data from principals. Reliability was determined through test-retest method and calculated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient resulting in coefficient value of 0.8 and 0.72 for teachers and students questionnaire respectively. Content Validity was ensured through expert judgment. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics that included mean and standard deviation while inferential statistics included correlation analysis assisted by SPSS and presented in tables and graphs. The findings showed the existence of a positive relationship between the principals’ involvement of students in decision making and students’ discipline(r=0.753; p=0.00). Most of the principals used student involvement strategies such as allowing students choice of dressing code and choice of menu decisions. This study concludes that involving students in choosing time of study, food menus and the choice of entertainment, and management of students and welfare issues influenced student discipline reasonably. Thus the study therefore recommends that secondary school board of management should actively involve students in all areas of decision-making in school with particular emphasis on decisions relating to the welfare of the student. The study recommends future research on the influence of BOM governance on students discipline in secondary schools.

Social Listening as a Marketing Strategy to Analyze Beyond Consumer Buyology in the OTT Industry : A Research Note

The burgeoning vogue of over the top (OTT) media in India has amplified the competition in the Indian entertainment industry, trying its best to win over the viewers by understanding their buyology. However, capturing the sentiments and expectations attached with rapidly changing entertainment choices and preferences of the OTT viewers is beyond understanding consumer buyology. Literary sources highlighted that there are various studies on social media catering to distinct perspectives. However, studies focusing on social listening in the OTT industry’s context are limited. Hence, there is a void in the ideologies and theoretical contribution on social listening concerning the OTT industry. This research note, perhaps formulated for massive research on social media in OTT, attempted to introduce the 4Rs of social listening such as, reach & enquire; relate & evolve; respond & engage; and relationship building & emotional connect.

Потребительское поведение московских подростков на рынке развлекательных услуг: опыт социологического анализа

The modern world is rapidly entering a new era of consumption. Russia, in particular, is beginning to develop as a consumer society characterized by various types, practices, images and styles of consumer behavior of various social and age groups. The relevance of the topic is related to the lack of methodological and empirical elaboration of the problem of the spread and variability of consumer practices of teenagers in the entertainment services market. The study of the opinion of teenagers regarding the peculiarities of consumption among this age group seems to us extremely important, since it is teenagers who are the most active group of consumers in the field of entertainment. The study identified the external and internal factors that influence the choice of a particular form of leisure. The external factors are objective conditions that cannot be changed. The internal factors include socio-demographic and status characteristics that determine the choice of entertainment (gender, age and economic status of the family). Teenagers can influence their parents’ purchasing decisions regarding a particular entertainment service, which certainly has an impact on the development of the entire consumer market of entertainment services in Russia and requires its active study. The study shows that adolescent consumption of entertainment services has undergone major changes over the past decade, which creates the need for a sociological understanding of this issue.

Preventive Patterns of Housewives in Preventing Anxiety as the Impact of Watching Television Movie

During the COVID-19 pandemic, watching television is an alternative choice for entertainment at home. Because activities outside the home are limited. One of the entertainments that are requested by women is television films or soap operas completed in one run. The television film that has the highest rating is Voice of the Wife's Heart which is currently airing on the Indosiar television station. Housewives or career women who work at home (work from home) really like the one-off soap opera, Suara Hati Istri (SHI). Stories that contain the concerns of women, especially housewives, have managed to attract attention, so the show has a high rating. Television films or so-called soap operas, which air every day on the Indosiar television station, raise conflicts and problems in the household. The specific purpose of this research is to see how the preventive pattern of housewives in preventing anxiety as a result of watching television movies. In determining the sample, which is used in this study is Multistage Random Sampling. The sample selection technique uses the Slovin formula approach. The number of samples in this study was 400 people. The subject of this study involved housewives who had watched soap operas the voice of their wives' hearts for the past 1 year. The results showed that the preventive pattern of housewives in preventing anxiety as a result of watching television can be seen from several aspects. First, the participation of children in watching this program, children are not allowed to watch. This can result in children being able to imitate scenes both messages and behavior seen on the Suara Hati Istri FTV program, both contents were delivered by the actor on the Suara Hati Istri FTV broadcast. This can have a negative effect on family life. This requires educational education in preventing anxiety caused by broadcast programs.

Determinants of Users' Attitude and Intention to Intelligent Connected Vehicle Infotainment in the 5G-V2X Mobile Ecosystem.

With the accelerating industrialization of 5G-V2X and smart automobiles, the intelligent connected vehicle (ICV) integrated with sophisticated communication, caching, computing, and control techniques enhance the functionality of in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and also provide more powerful telematic or entertainment choices in vehicular environment. The diverse needs of ICV users (e.g., drivers and passengers) can be satisfied during commuting and traveling. However, considering the limitations of transportation environment, the potential attitude and usage behavior for the upcoming ICV infotainment directly impacts on the traffic and road safety in sustainable cities. In this paper, we conduct an online and offline survey to investigate the key factors influencing the user attitude and intention of ICV infotainment, where the answers of a total of 502 valid respondents (i.e., IVI users) are collected in China. A conceptual technology acceptance model with the constructs of perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), social influence (SI), consumer innovation (CI), and perceived risk (PR) is established, and then assessed via partial least square structural equation modeling. We find that the constructs of PU, PEOU, CI, and SI have a direct impact on attitude and usage intention, of which 46.8% and 73.4% of variance, respectively, are explained. The respondents show positive attitudes and higher usage intention towards the ICV infotainment. Although PR has insignificant path with attitude and intention, the driving experience moderation effect exists between PR and usage intention. We can see that ICV infotainment will become a trend in future transportation scenario. Through this survey, reference for traffic safety and usage norms will be provided to reduce the risky of public health issues (e.g., traffic accidents) in the context of ICV infotainment.

Binge watching and serial viewing: Comparing new media viewing habits in 2015 and 2020

IntroductionThe current study explores binge watching as a functional entertainment choice, and examines similarities and differences between it, appointment viewing, and serial viewing in terms of prevalence and technologies used over time. Methods/measurementsTwo surveys were conducted in fall 2015 (N = 373, 62% female and the mean age = 22.01 [SD = 5.92]) and in fall 2020 (N = 732, 69% female, mean age = 21.13 [SD = 4.98]. Surveys explored the frequency and duration of engaging in binge watching, serial viewing, and appointment viewing, as well as the role of habit in binge watching and the technologies employed to view content. Findings/resultsFrequency of binge watching and serial viewing increased from 2015 to 2020, and levels remain elevated from estimates just prior to COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, which saw all types of viewing increase. Participants report most frequently engaging in serial viewing, followed binge watching, followed by appointment viewing. Appointment viewing frequency and duration has decreased. A binge-watching habit explains considerable variance in the frequency of binge watching. ConclusionsBinge watching has become a more common way to watch TV than traditional appointment viewing, which has decreased in both the frequency and time spent between 2015 and 2020. Serial viewing – a self-paced consumption of serialized narrative content over days, weeks, or months – is the most common way of watching television content. Serial viewing and binge watching are more closely associated with viewing content on television, demonstrating a shift from the personal screen to the living room.

The Influence of Short Video Platform on Audience Use and Reflections—Take TikTok as an example

In the context of the strict prevention and control of the epidemic in 2021, short video platforms have become a popular choice for entertainment, and it is common for TikTok to be the top download of video and audio in the mobile client app download list. In the four months from mid-December 2020 to mid-April 2021, downloads have grown from 5.04 billion to 5.8 billion. While TikTok has a large number of users, its shortcomings, such as vulgar, plagiarism and privacy disclosure, cannot be ignored. How to solve them has become a top priority. Whether TikTok can meet users' demands and guide users to think about whether they can co-existence and how to balance both of them will need to be further explored.

Animated Web Series as Media for Islamic Education in Children

Islamic education needs to be taught to everybody since an early age so they can understand, have moral and noble character which can be embedded since young. In the current era of technological development, the internet has an important role for communities, especially for parents in delivering Islamic education to children. Video-based social media called Youtube is the choice of entertainment and education media for children. Some of the shows on Youtube that are mostly chosen to deliver Islamic education to children are Nussa’s animated web series, Syamil Dodo and Kastari Senja. The purpose of this study is to find out the three animations in fulfilling the criteria of educational media in conveying the message of Islamic education in accordance with the goals of national education, interpretation of the Qur’an and its benefit as an educational medium. The study used qualitative descriptive method. The findings from this study are Nussa animation, Syamil Dodo and Kastari Senja can provide the contents of the message of Islamic education in accordance with the criteria for national educational goals. On the criteria of educational media based on the interpretation of the Qur’an, the Nussa animation best meets the criteria as a medium for delivering good Islamic education. While animations that have fulfilled as an educational medium are the animation of Syamil Dodo and Kastari Senja. In conclusion, Nussa animation is the animation that best meets the criteria as an Islamic educational medium compared to Syamil Dodo and Kastari Sentra.

Expanding upon the weather: cloud cover and barometric pressure as determinants of attendance for NFL games

PurposePurpose of the study is to further expand insights into how weather impacts attendance at sporting events. With the NFL having only eight home games a year per team, it is more of an event than other North American sports. We explore this in terms of how sensitive fans are to weather, by not only looking at traditional factors, but also other weather variables available through Accuweather. In addition, the authors explore team success, outcome uncertainty and other factors as determinants of demand.Design/methodology/approachThe method includes Tobit model of attendance in terms of percent of capacity in the National Football League. Model includes factors such as outcome uncertainty, team success, etc. but mainly focuses on weather. Weather factors studied include traditional variables such as temperature and precipitation, and also includes cloud cover, barometric pressure, wind speed and humidity. Different model specifications are included to explore results. Key findings allow for differences between games played outdoors versus indoors.FindingsIn terms of control variables, team success, new stadiums and stadium age play a significant role in attendance in terms of percentage of capacity. Outcome uncertainty does not appear to be important, and fans desire the opposite when the home team is an underdog. The main results concern the weather. When only traditional weather variables are included, precipitation plays a key role. With further expansion of the weather variables, it appears that cloud cover offers some additional information beyond precipitation. In addition, barometric pressure plays a minor, but statistically significant role as it relates to attendance in terms of capacity.Research limitations/implicationsIncluding deeper and richer weather data helps to further explain attendance at sporting events. With the NFL, this may be limited by it being such as event due to the scarcity of games in a season. In addition, the weather variables are not truly independent, although they are not as correlated as may be anticipated on the surface. Use of different types of weather variables in models of attendance may help to deepen our understanding of factors influencing consumer decisions. These factors may play larger roles in sports with wider variance in attendance during the season.Practical implicationsThe practical implications are that other weather-related variables besides temperature and precipitation may offer insight into consumer decisions related to attendance at sporting events. Cloud cover gives insights into anticipated poor weather in addition to it directly leading to less of a sunny day to be outdoors at an event. Barometric pressure has been shown to influence headaches and joint pain and may also influence consumer decisions to venture out to sporting events.Social implicationsAs data becomes more widely available in general, it's possible to add additional insights into factors influencing various forms of decision-making. In this study, we show that more information on weather can shed insights into consumer decisions as it relates to attending events such as sports. These decisions likely differ based upon whether the event is held outdoors or indoors. With more entertainment choices as substitutes, it is important to identify key factors which influence consumer decisions to help better structure events in the future.Originality/valueWeather variables beyond temperature and precipitation are included in a Tobit model for NFL attendance using percentage of capacity as the dependent variable. These weather variables are cloud cover, wind speed, humidity, and barometric pressure. Cloud cover and barometric pressure were found to have some significant effects on percentage of capacity. When included, precipitation itself is no longer found to be significant, but precipitation interacted with games played in domes retains statistical significance as there are key differences between games held outdoors versus indoors.

How Video Streamers’ Mental Health Disclosures Affect Viewers’ Risk Perceptions

ABSTRACT Celebrities’ self-disclosures about their mental health issues can enhance public awareness of mental illness such as depression. As online live streaming becomes a popular choice for media entertainment, microcelebrities such as video streamers may have similar influence over their audience. Using an online survey (N = 474), this study examined how exposure to streamers’ depression disclosures affected the viewer’s perceptions toward the streamers and depression. We also examined how parasocial relationships, parasocial interactions, and identification with streamers were associated with 1) the viewers’ perceived authenticity and credibility toward the streamers, 2) as well as increases in the viewers’ perceived prevalence, risk susceptibility, and risk severity about mental health. The study demonstrates a strong association between streamers’ health disclosures and public awareness regarding depression. The study extends previous studies around celebrity influencers as a promising opportunity for reducing social stigma around mental health discussions. The study also advances our theoretical understanding of microcelebrities’ social influence in a new media context.

Особенности участия детей, оставшихся без попечения родителей, в принятии решений, связанных с их повседневностью

The issue of children’s participation in solving questions affecting their interests is particularly relevant at present. Certain groups of children subject to social exclusion, such as orphans, children with disabilities, and juvenile delinquents, consistently attract researchers’ attention. Scientists and practitioners are engaged in developing methods for collecting data (children’s opinions), involving children in the assessment and evaluation of social programs, and participating in research. The purpose of this study is to assess the possibilities and specific features of engaging children without parental care in solving various issues. The research method involved a series of focus group and individual interviews with children living in foster families and institutions for orphans and children left without parental care (3 focus groups and 9 individual interviews). A total of 34 children aged 12–17 years participated in the study; 72 more children were interviewed during an express survey. The empirical data obtained indicate that in orphanages and foster families children are actively involved in solving issues related to their education, while most of them are limited in the choice of entertainment and recreation. The older the children become, the more adults listen to them; the children develop arguments in order to prove their opinions. Teenagers who are brought up in foster families or government agencies, will always express their point of view, but many do not know how to argue it correctly, which may lead to conflicts in their interactions. The children’s opinions are generally considered in regard to their studies, choice of additional classes in certain fields of study and student clubs, and the organization of extracurricular activities in a child care institution. In foster families, a child’s engagement in home life often takes the form of various household chores, in which the children are offered some freedom of choice.

On the naturalistic relationship between mood and entertainment choice.

People are sensitive to economic conditions, buying more during booms and less during recessions. Across seven studies, the present research examines whether the nature of their purchases also changes as diffuse, prevailing mood states shift from positive during boom periods to negative during recession periods. Existing research shows that people primarily strive to improve negative moods, whereas they are willing to encounter threatening information when they experience positive mood states. Consistent with these patterns, we find that people showed a relative preference for lighter cultural products during relatively negative economic times, and, to a lesser extent, were slightly more open to heavier cultural products during boom periods. According to archival dataset analyses, these effects persisted across comedic cartoons, music, books, and films. In 2 lab experiments, writing about boom versus recession periods changed preferences for lighter versus heavier cultural products. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

On media violence and aggression.

On media violence and aggression.