{"id":1816,"date":"2021-10-21T12:07:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T12:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2021-10-21T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T12:13:03","slug":"episode-92-sports-docs-and-binge-watching-with-dr-emil-steiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?p=1816","title":{"rendered":"Episode 92: Sports Docs and Binge Watching with Dr. Emil Steiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5775\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1816-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_92_sports_docs_binge_Steiner.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_92_sports_docs_binge_Steiner.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_92_sports_docs_binge_Steiner.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_92_sports_docs_binge_Steiner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1816-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/content.blubrry.com\/inside_the_box_the_tv_history\/Inside_the_Box_ep_92_sports_docs_binge_Steiner.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Inside_the_Box_ep_92_sports_docs_binge_Steiner.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week Jonathan sits down with Rowan&#8217;s Dr. Emil Steiner to discuss his research on binge watching and how it connects to sports documentaries. If you&#8217;ve already listened to our episode (Ep. 90) on sports documentaries and nostalgia with Dr. Branden Buehler, then this will be the perfect companion episode. If you haven&#8217;t, that&#8217;s ok too since this is an excellent standalone episode and conversation about sports documentaries, sports fandom, why we watch what we watch the way that we watch it \ud83d\ude09 and also a little insight into how biography influences scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Emil_profilepicture.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Emil_profilepicture.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1826\" width=\"223\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Emil_profilepicture.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Emil_profilepicture-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Emil_profilepicture-160x240.jpeg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can check out Emil&#8217;s faculty page <a href=\"https:\/\/ccca.rowan.edu\/departments\/sportscam\/faculty.html\">here<\/a>. He is also the coordinator of Rowan University&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ccca.rowan.edu\/departments\/sportscam\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Communication &amp; Media<\/a> program.&nbsp;You can also check out his article on binge-watching from the journal <em>Convergence<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/1354856517750365\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1788\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1788\" class=\"wp-image-1788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/last-dance.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Jason Hehir&#8217;s telling of the last moments of greatness from Michael Jordan&#8217;s Chicago Bulls (co-produced by ESPN and Netflix) captured the pandemic audience&#8217;s comfort-seeking attentions.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animated-Binge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animated-Binge.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1822\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animated-Binge.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1822\" class=\"wp-image-1822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animated-Binge.png 550w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animated-Binge-161x300.png 161w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animated-Binge-129x240.png 129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">In 2014, as binge-watching began its dominance, Nielsen released infographics calculating the time required to watch the entirety of certain programs. Here the list is for animated content.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_-712x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1821\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1821\" class=\"wp-image-1821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_-167x240.jpg 167w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/sports-century_.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">ESPN ran their SportsCentury program from 1999 to 2007. The series highlighted a particular athlete&#8217;s career, often in epic and reverent tones. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1793\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1793\" class=\"wp-image-1793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/tiger-king.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Netflix&#8217;s Tiger King (March &amp; April 2020) captured the early pandemic audience&#8217;s attention<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1823\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1823\" class=\"wp-image-1823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching-1536x922.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching-2048x1229.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/181105_THR-Binge-Watching-240x144.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Morning Consult is a relatively new analytics company who in 2018 surveyed an 1,800 person sample regarding their binge-watching habits.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marinovich_Project.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marinovich_Project.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1789\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marinovich_Project.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/?attachment_id=1789\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marinovich_Project.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marinovich_Project-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Marinovich_Project-168x240.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The ninth entry under the ESPN Films Presents moniker, this documentary follows the upbringing and addictions of former pro-football quarterback Todd Marinovich.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Jonathan sits down with Rowan&#8217;s Dr. Emil Steiner to discuss his research on binge watching and how it connects to sports documentaries. If you&#8217;ve already listened to our episode (Ep. 90) on sports documentaries and nostalgia with Dr. Branden Buehler, then this will be the perfect companion episode. If you haven&#8217;t, that&#8217;s ok too since this is an excellent standalone episode and conversation about sports documentaries, sports fandom, why we watch what we watch the way that we watch it \ud83d\ude09 and also a little insight into how biography influences scholarship. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[460,459,1],"tags":[297,160,461,236,471],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/emil.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tvhistorypod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}