Loneliness, Escapism, and Identification With Media Characters: An Exploration of the Psychological Factors Underlying Binge-Watching Tendency

and often tied to media (https://t.co/vufPuNmGun). Especially in books, where Escapist Fiction has exploded in popularity, especially after 9/11 in the US, it is used because it's an escape from how reality seems to make less sense than a book. A book has