caa a22 4500 445367423 CHVBK 20180317142935.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00484-010-0366-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00484-010-0366-5 Weather conditions and daily television use in the Netherlands, 1996-2005 [Elektronische Daten] [Rob Eisinga, Philip Franses, Maurice Vergeer] This study examines the impact of daily atmospheric weather conditions on daily television use in the Netherlands for the period 1996-2005. The effects of the weather parameters are considered in the context of mood and mood management theory. It is proposed that inclement and uncomfortable weather conditions are associated with lower human mood, and that watching entertainment and avoiding informational programs may serve to repair such mood. We consequently hypothesize that people spend more time watching television if inclement and uncomfortable weather conditions (low temperatures, little sunshine, much precipitation, high wind velocity, less daylight) coincide with more airtime for entertainment programs, but that they view less if the same weather conditions coincide with more airtime devoted to information fare. We put this interaction thesis to a test using a time series analysis of daily television viewing data of the Dutch audience obtained from telemeters (T = 3,653), merged with meteorological weather station statistics and program broadcast figures, whilst controlling for a wide array of recurrent and one-time societal events. The results provide substantial support for the proposed interaction of program airtime and the weather parameters temperature and sunshine on aggregate television viewing time. Implications of the findings are discussed. The Author(s), 2010 Weather conditions nationallicence Television viewing nationallicence Human mood nationallicence Eisinga Rob Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands aut Franses Philip Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands aut Vergeer Maurice Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands aut International Journal of Biometeorology Springer-Verlag 55/4(2011-07-01), 555-564 0020-7128 55:4<555 2011 55 484 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-010-0366-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-010-0366-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eisinga Rob Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Franses Philip Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vergeer Maurice Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Biometeorology Springer-Verlag 55/4(2011-07-01), 555-564 0020-7128 55:4<555 2011 55 484 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer