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Sharing “happy” information
Author(s) -
Tinto Fiona,
Ruthven Ian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the association for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.903
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 2330-1643
pISSN - 2330-1635
DOI - 10.1002/asi.23581
Subject(s) - happiness , casual , information sharing , context (archaeology) , group information management , psychology , computer science , social psychology , information system , world wide web , personal information management , management information systems , materials science , electrical engineering , composite material , engineering , paleontology , biology
This study focuses on the sharing of “happy” information: information that creates a sense of happiness within the individual sharing the information. We explore the range of factors motivating and impacting individuals' happy information‐sharing behavior within a casual leisure context through 30 semistructured interviews. The findings reveal that the factors influencing individuals' happy information‐sharing behavior are numerous, and impact each other. Most individuals considered sharing happy information important to their friendships and relationships. In various contexts the act of sharing happy information was shown to enhance the sharer's happiness.