Purpose

This paper provides selective findings from a broader research project on information behaviours in serious leisure. This paper focuses on the positive feelings of information seeking and sharing in this context, aiming to capture and contextualise the joy of information embedded in and inspired by leisure activities.

Design/methodology/approach

The required data were obtained using semi-structured interviews with 20 serious leisure participants from Wagga Wagga city in Australia, recruited via a maximum variation sampling technique. The data were fully transcribed and analysed based on a qualitative thematic analysis method.

Findings

The joy of information is embedded within a wide spectrum of information activities in serious leisure ranging from information seeking and browsing to information sharing and information creation. Among all these activities, information sharing with peers and a broader audience is the most joyful experience because it often generates social engagement, a sense of belonging and friendship. Moreover, serious leisure is a productive ground to transform hedonic wellness into eudaimonic well-being, while continuous information seeking and sharing play a significant role in achieving this goal.

Practical implications

Information system designers can use the findings to consider the emotional aspects of information seeking and sharing to improve the usability of their products. At the policy level, cultural policy writers and decision-makers can make more informed decisions to support serious leisure.

Originality/value

This study explores the joyful aspects of information behaviour in a unique context. Exploring the joy of information is an emerging topic in human information behaviour scholarship, and the existing knowledge on this issue is still limited. This paper can contribute to creating new knowledge in this emerging area.

中文翻译：

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严肃休闲中的快乐信息活动：寻找乐趣、激情和目标

目的

本文提供了关于严肃休闲中的信息行为的更广泛研究项目的选择性发现。本文侧重于在这种背景下寻求和分享信息的积极感受，旨在捕捉和情境化嵌入在休闲活动中并受到休闲活动启发的信息的乐趣。

设计/方法/方法

所需数据是通过对来自澳大利亚瓦加瓦加市的 20 名严肃休闲参与者的半结构化访谈获得的，这些参与者是通过最大变异抽样技术招募的。基于定性主题分析方法对数据进行了全面转录和分析。

发现

信息的乐趣嵌入在从信息搜索和浏览到信息共享和信息创建的严肃休闲中的广泛信息活动中。在所有这些活动中，与同龄人和更广泛的受众分享信息是最快乐的体验，因为它通常会产生社交参与、归属感和友谊。此外，严肃的休闲是将享乐健康转变为幸福幸福的生产基地，而持续的信息搜索和共享在实现这一目标方面发挥着重要作用。

实际影响

信息系统设计人员可以使用这些发现来考虑信息寻求和共享的情感方面，以提高其产品的可用性。在政策层面，文化政策制定者和决策者可以做出更明智的决定来支持严肃的休闲。

原创性/价值

本研究探讨了在独特背景下信息行为的快乐方面。探索信息的乐趣是人类信息行为学的一个新兴课题，现有的关于这个问题的知识还很有限。本文有助于在这一新兴领域创造新知识。