I'm looking for a paper that I can cite that has looked at how constant channel changing is irritating and may lead to others in the room choosing to leave. I would like this to be able to compare to something in my research with animals. Any suggestions of papers or where to look would be most appreciated.
I'll bet providers like Virgin Media know the answer, from some device embedded in the remote control. But would they tell you if they do...?
Sounds as if you might need to do a survey, or even an experiment, to test your idea.
For background, this book may be of help: Comstock, G., & Scharrer, E. (1999). Television: What's on, who's watching, and what it means. Academic Press.
And these papers:
Brown, B., & Barkhuus, L. (2011). Changing practices of family television watching. In The connected home: The future of domestic life (pp. 93-110). Springer London.
Robinson, J. P., & Martin, S. (2009). Of time and television. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 625(1), 74-86.
Barkhuus, L., & Brown, B. (2009). Unpacking the television: User practices around a changing technology. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), 16(3), 15.
Holloway, D., & Green, L. (2008). Room to View Family Television Use in the Australian Context. Television & new media, 9(1), 47-61.
Thank you all very much for your suggestions. I have lots of papers to read now!
Thanks,
Emma
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