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Sharing “happy” information

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

DOI: 10.1002/asi.23581

Authors: Fiona Tinto, Ian Ruthven

Institutions: University of Stirling, University of Strathclyde

Language: English

Topic: Knowledge Management and Sharing

Subfield: Communication

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1922586734

FWCI: 4.287

Cites: 52

Cited by: 24

Related to: 10