Consuming media entertainment often challenges recipients’ self-control. While past research related self-control almost exclusively to whether individuals engage in media use, it might be equally relevant for the disengagement from media use. Testing core assumptions of the Appraisal of Media Use, Self-Control, and Entertainment (AMUSE) model, the present study investigates the situational interplay of self-control and affective appraisals in predicting disengagement from Netflix use. Preregistered hypotheses were tested based on an event-contingent experience sampling design, in which 205 adult Netflix users in the Netherlands and Germany were tracked and surveyed for two weeks. Results demonstrate that disengagement is contingent upon enjoyment and appreciation and that enjoyment, in turn, can be “spoiled” by feeling guilty. Self-control influenced goal conflict and enjoyment throughout the reception process. We discuss opportunities for modeling disengagement from media use with situational research approaches.

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太好玩了，停不下来？ Netflix 上的自我控制和脱离过程


消费媒体娱乐常常挑战接受者的自控力。虽然过去的研究几乎完全将自我控制与个人是否参与媒体使用相关，但它可能与脱离媒体使用同样相关。本研究测试了媒体使用、自我控制和娱乐评估 (AMUSE) 模型的核心假设，调查了自我控制和情感评估在预测脱离 Netflix 使用方面的情境相互作用。预先注册的假设是根据事件相关体验抽样设计进行测试的，其中对荷兰和德国的 205 名成年 Netflix 用户进行了为期两周的跟踪和调查。结果表明，脱离取决于享受和欣赏，而享受反过来可能会因内疚感而被“破坏”。自我控制影响了整个接待过程中的目标冲突和享受。我们讨论了通过情境研究方法模拟脱离媒体使用的机会。