Dhaka, May 21 -- It started with one episode of Breaking Bad. A casual watch, just to see what the hype was about. Fast forward eight hours, and you have consumed half a season, you are emotionally invested in the moral decay of a chemistry teacher, and your definition of "night" is now "when the screen says, 'Are you still watching?'

You are not alone. In fact, you are very much in the middle of one of the most widespread psychological loops modern media has to offer, which is binge-watching.

What exactly is binge-watching all about?

Binge-watching is described as watching multiple consecutive episodes of a television series within a single, uninterrupted sitting.

Such a description captures a relatively objective account of an exper...