In the hallowed hall of food fads, what in the world could be weirder than mukbang? A Korean word, loosely translated it means something like eat-casting. Basically, it's watching long YouTube videos ...
Experts warn about the potential dangers of excessive eating in videos. Trisha Paytas caught on to the "mukbang" trend early, garnering millions of views of herself eating on camera. Over the last 11 ...
A man records himself eating fast food amid piles of cheeseburgers, fish sandwiches, chicken nuggets, hashbrowns and fries, and, of course, copious amounts of sauce — all with heightened sound to hear ...
Mukbang started as a simple and innocent internet trend designed to give lonely people someone to eat their meals with. South ...
Vivienne Lewis works for The University of Canberra and is a member of the Australian Psychological Society. Sijun Shen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...
There have been quite a few controversial internet video trends over the years. Psychological research can help us understand why some people enjoy watching things that others may find anything from ...