The role of shifted television viewing on earlier bedtimes in the streaming era.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the extent to which changes in the timing of television viewership explained shifts in bedtimes between 2003 and 2019, a period in which several major video streaming services began operation.

Methods

We used time diaries from U.S. adults in the American Time Use Survey (N = 196,569) to examine changes in the timing of bedtimes and television viewership, disaggregated by age. We used mediation analysis to identify the extent to which changes in evening viewership timing explained recent shifts in bedtime.

Results

From 2003 to 2019, both bedtimes and cessation of evening television viewing shifted earlier among adults under age 65. When adjusting for work hours, sociodemographic characteristics, and interview timing, these adults stopped watch

SUBMITTER: Meyer JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12527564 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature