The logical opposite of web or channel surfing, binging does not involve idly flipping through stuff, but engaging so deeply with a program that one can watch hours and hours in one sitting; the experience goes far beyond that of watching a feature-length film, instead competing with experiences like attending a performance of Wagner's Ring Cycle. House of Cards was thirteen hours long, yet Netflix reported that thousands of viewers consumed it in one gulp over the weekend of its release.

Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, loc. 1099