Delaying Bedtime: Positive Self-Regulation to Resist the Encroachment of Public Time from the Perspective of the Sociology of Time

Abstract

This research analyses the delayed bedtime from a sociological perspective by using TV stations in City B as a case study, combining with Novotny's sociological theory of time. The research found that this is a trade-off between adequate sleep and leisure time, both in terms of subjective perceptions and objective criteria. Previous research has neglected the self-controlled behaviour that actually exists during this process. Therefore, this behaviour cannot simply be defined as the result of a failure of self-control or an excuse for self-pity. A new way of understanding is offered in this research, bridging the gap in this field of study: In some cases, it is a conscious, purposeful, active self-regulation, essentially, as Novotny posited, an behaviour of confronting collective time, of escaping its domination, of desiring some ' fragmented' individual sense of time. Finally, the research provides initial directions that may radically improve the negative impacts of this behaviour.