Synchronized Scheduling: Choosing to Experience Different Events in Different Places at the Same Time as Others

Shaddy, Franklin; Tu, Yanping; Fishbach, Ayelet

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“…Alternatively, shared food consumption among those not co‐located may create a sense of togetherness by fostering synchronicity. Supporting this proposition, people expect that experiencing an event at the same time as another person will increase closeness (Shaddy et al., 2021) and people leverage synchronized scheduling to connect with people geographically dispersed (Shaddy et al., 2022). Thus, another avenue by which digital commensality could foster connectedness is via increased synchronicity.…”

Section: Opportunities For Future Research On Joint Food Consumptionmentioning

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Interpersonal consequences of joint food consumption for connection and conflict

Woolley

Lim

2023

Social & Personality Psych

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For centuries, the preparation and eating of a meal has brought people together, making food consumption an inherently social process. Yet the way in which people connect over food is changing. Rising health concerns, due in part to the increase in food allergies and obesity, have shifted attention away from the social aspects of food to food's nutritional aspects. Recognizing the social context in which food consumption takes place, this article reviews research highlighting the interpersonal consequences of joint food consumption. We first examine research on how sharing food connects people together, both via the type of food consumed (e.g., incidental food similarity) and the manner in which people serve and eat food (e.g., from shared vs. separate plates). We then turn to research that addresses the opposite side of the coin, discussing how the inability to share in a meal can be isolating, as well as how people navigate conflicting preferences when making food decisions with others. We conclude with a discussion of promising future directions for research on joint food consumption.

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Section: Opportunities For Future Research On Joint Food Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interpersonal consequences of joint food consumption for connection and conflict

Woolley

Lim

2023

Social & Personality Psych

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Better Together: How Clustering Can Attenuate Hedonic Decline

Chen,

Redden

2023

Journal of Consumer Research

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How should consumers sequence the different stimuli they consume: cluster each stimulus together, or intermix them to break things up? Surprisingly, prior literature has provided little insight into this question, even though consumers face it on a regular basis. We propose that clustering each stimulus type together can prolong enjoyment (versus intermixing the types). Six studies confirm that clustering slows hedonic decline, and process evidence shows this happens because clustering leads people to attend more to the different details offered by a stimulus during repeated exposures. We also establish two boundary conditions for this effect: clustering does not slow hedonic decline in the presence of regular intervening distractions, or for impoverished stimuli lacking rich details. The present work is among the first to examine the interplay of consumption sequence and hedonic decline, and the findings provide consumers and firms with practical guidance on how to consider sequencing experiences to enjoy them longer.

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Synchronized Scheduling: Choosing to Experience Different Events in Different Places at the Same Time as Others

Cited by 2 publications

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Interpersonal consequences of joint food consumption for connection and conflict

Interpersonal consequences of joint food consumption for connection and conflict

Better Together: How Clustering Can Attenuate Hedonic Decline

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