Why do people watch others eat food? An empirical study on the motivations and practices of mukbang viewers
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
4-2020
Abstract
We present a mixed-methods study of viewers on their practices and motivations around watching mukbang — video streams of people eating large quantities of food. Viewers' experiences provide insight on future technologies for multisensorial video streams and technology-supported commensality (eating with others). We surveyed 104 viewers and interviewed 15 of them about their attitudes and reflections on their mukbang viewing habits, their physiological aspects of watching someone eat, and their perceived social relationship with mukbangers. Based on our findings, we propose design implications for remote commensality, and for synchronized multisensorial video streaming content.
Keywords
mukbang, video streams
Discipline
Information Security
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Publication
Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, United States, April 25-30
ISBN
9781450367080
Identifier
10.1145/3313831.3376567
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery
City or Country
New York
Citation
ANJANI, Laurensia; MOK, Terrance; TANG, Anthony; OEHLBERG, Lora; and GOH, Wooi Boon.
Why do people watch others eat food? An empirical study on the motivations and practices of mukbang viewers. (2020). Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Honolulu, United States, April 25-30.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7908
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1145/3313831.3376567