Sharing "happy" information

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

Mapping the positive turn for information science

This half-day workshop will bring together scholars, practitioners, and students from across the iSchool community to discuss current research around “positive” information phenomena, that is, non-problematical perspectives on the information experience. The session will explore a range of positive concepts recently emerged in information science, such as: well-being, happiness, leisure and positive computing. Throughout the session, our conversation will move between information science to specialties such as positive psychology, positive sociology, and the sociology of happiness; we will clarify terms, concepts and themes and ultimately generate an interdisciplinary map of positive scholarship. Participants will share their own thinking and research on these topics, map current and future research trajectories, and produce a foundation for future collaboration. In keeping with a spirit of interdisciplinarity, the event will feature a keynote by the architect of positive sociology, sociologist and leisure scholar Dr. Robert A. Stebbins

Fandom, food, and folksonomies: The methodological realities of studying fun life-contexts

As Library and Information Science research has evolved, new domains of interest have shaped the field, and with them comes a need to question the appropriateness of applying traditional methodologies to these new domains. This panel focuses on the methodological realities of studying fun life-contexts and will address how researching a new domain comes with challenges and opportunities. The group of scholars on this panel all share an appreciation for identifying and exploring the unique information experiences within fun life-contexts, and engage with a variety of subfields, including information behavior, information organization, embodied information, and fan communities. This interactive panel will consist of five short presentations from each of the panelists and a moderated Q&A led by moderator, Jenna Hartel. The panelists each share some examples of their recent work studying fun life-contexts, reflect on their experience researching in a new domain, and develop themes and questions that should be addressed in future work

The passion and pleasure of information sharing in pottery practice

The paper reports selective findings from a broader study about information behaviour in the context of the pottery hobby as a form of serious leisure. Among all the information activities in this context, the paper focuses on the affective and emotional aspects of information sharing. The Serious Leisure Perspective (SLP) is the theoretical framework of the study. The required data were collected via a purposeful and criteria-based sampling method. A sample of user-generated content (UGC) on YouTube was collected to form the dataset. The collected data were analysed through inductive content analysis to identify patterns of embedded concepts and themes in the dataset.Results. Seven categories were identified. These categories summarise the major emotional reactions that viewers expressed and shared in their comments: (1) amazement, (2) excitement, (3) gratitude, (4) joyfulness, (5) admiration, (6) serenity, (7) inspiration. The overall ambience of the videos and commenters’ reactions were positive and joyful. The paper concludes that information sharing on a popular hobby via a publicly available platform, like YouTube, can evoke a range of positive emotions and establish social bonds. These social ties are the building blocks to form communities of interest and communities of practice to produce and share information on the chosen activity.Peer Reviewe

“I can't express my thanks enough”: The “gratitude cycle” in online communities

Gratitude is a fundamental aspect of social interaction that positively influences emotional and social well-being. It is also crucial for promoting online community health by motivating participation. However, how gratitude occurs and can be encouraged in online communities is not yet well understood. This exploratory study investigated how online community users experience gratitude, focusing on how gratitude expression and acknowledgment occurs, can break down or can be reinforced. Semistructured Critical Incident interviews were conducted with 8 users of various online communities, including discussion and support groups, social Q&A sites, and review sites, eliciting 17 memorable examples of giving and receiving thanks online. The findings gave rise to a process model of gratitude in online communities—the “gratitude cycle,” which provides a detailed, holistic understanding of the experience of gratitude online that can inform the design of online community platforms that aim to motivate users to perpetuate the cycle. An enriched understanding of gratitude in online communities can help ensure future platforms better support the expression and acknowledgment of thanks, encouraging participation

Information Sharing as Embodied Practice in a Context of Conversion to Islam

This article works to extend two emerging areas in information scholarship: religious practice and embodiment. By reporting on completed research about information practices among Muslim converts in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area (Guzik 2017), this article reveals how information is shared in the context of religious transitions that take place within a contentious political landscape. Research was guided by ethnography and involved participant observation, semistructured interviews, and timeline drawings (Bagnoli 2009; Sheridan, Chamberlain, and Dupuis 2011). While additional themes related to navigation and authority were identified through the use of constructivist grounded theory (Charmaz 2006), this article focuses specifically on how research participants express and exchange information through nonwritten sources such as clothing items, spoken words, and creative products. The article considers the visibility of information when it is carried on the body as religious symbols, and the implications that this visibility has for accessing expertise, places of worship, and secular public spaces. It also highlights how creative pursuits allow Muslim converts to become information producers and publishers, rather than mere consumers. These roles of production may involve written documents (e.g. sacred texts, scholarly articles, blog posts), but they are primarily expressed through physical actions and spoken words

Emoções de necessidade de relacionamento e motivos pessoais ao compartilhar informações entre adolescentes

The information behavior implies aspects of collaboration, since most of the behaviors applied in the search and use of information processes are executed in interaction with other people. New approaches address "collaborative information behavior", that is, the behavior of the use of information that is expressly directed at the use of another person or persons belonging to an actor's personal networks. It is an individual and group conduct of search, retrieval and use of information, which may include information found accidentally, expressly directed to the benefit of other people. In the research conducted, we investigated the differences between two groups of adolescents of different educational levels (n: 94), when they share information, and the influence in this behavior of the emotions and feelings of need for relationship and personal motives. We expose two practical cases to the participants that consist of looking for information, that they want, about leisure content, and another about educational content, to share them once they are located through their mobile devices. Then they responded to a survey, recording their observations of what happened when sharing the contents. The results obtained indicate that, according to the academic level, young people use different means when disseminating information. There are also different types of relationship emotions and personal motives as factors that are influential when sharing information.El comportamiento informacional implica aspectos de colaboración pues la mayoría de las conductas aplicadas en los procesos de búsqueda y uso de información se llevan a cabo en interacción con otras personas. Nuevos enfoques abordan el “comportamiento informacional colaborativo”, a saber, el comportamiento de uso de la información que va dirigido expresamente al aprovechamiento de otra u otras personas pertenecientes a redes personales de un sujeto. Se trata de una conducta tanto individual como grupal de búsqueda, recuperación y uso de la información, que puede incluir información encontrada de manera accidental, dirigida expresamente al beneficio de otras personas. En la investigación realizada indagamos las diferencias existentes entre dos grupos de jóvenes de diverso nivel educativo (n:94), cuando comparten información, y la influencia en esta conducta de las emociones y sentimientos de necesidad de relación y de sus motivos personales. Exponemos dos casos prácticos a los participantes que consisten en buscar una información que ellos deseen de contenido de ocio, y otra de contenido educativo, para compartirlas una vez localizadas mediante sus dispositivos móviles. Posteriormente respondieron a una encuesta, registrando sus observaciones de lo acontecido al compartir dichos contenidos. Los resultados conseguidos indican que, según el nivel académico, los jóvenes utilizan medios diferentes al difundir información. Aparecen, además, distintos tipos de emociones de relación y de motivaciones como factores que intervienen al compartir información.O comportamento informacional tem aspectos de colaboração, uma vez que a maioria dos comportamentos aplicados nos processos de busca e uso da informação é realizada em interação com outras pessoas. Novas abordagens trabalham o "comportamento informacional colaborativo", ou seja, o comportamento de uso da informação que é expressamente direcionado ao uso de outra ou de outras pessoas pertencentes a redes pessoais de um sujeito. É uma conduta individual e de grupo de busca, recuperação e uso de informações, que pode incluir informações encontradas acidentalmente, expressamente direcionadas para o benefício de outras pessoas. Na pesquisa realizada, investigamos as diferenças entre dois grupos de jovens de diferentes níveis educacionais (n: 94), quando compartilham informações, e a influência nesse comportamento das emoções e sentimentos de necessidade de relacionamento e motivos pessoais. Nós expomos dois casos práticos para os participantes, que consistem em procurar uma informação que eles querem de conteúdo de lazer, e outro de conteúdo educacional, para compartilhá-los, uma vez que os conteúdos estão localizados através de seus dispositivos móveis. Posteriormente, eles responderam a um teste, registrando suas observações sobre o que aconteceu quando compartilhavam o conteúdo. Os resultados obtidos indicam que, de acordo com o nível acadêmico, os jovens utilizam diferentes meios pra disseminação de informações. Existem também diferentes tipos de emoções e motivações de relacionamento como fatores que interferem no compartilhamento de informações

Las redes sociales y su papel en la sociedad actual: la distopía de Black Mirror (Nosevide, 2016)

Este Trabajo de Fin de Grado propone una aproximación, desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, al fenómeno de las nuevas tecnologías, más concretamente de las redes sociales, que tan rápido han pasado a formar parte de nuestra vida cotidiana. Para ello, se realiza un análisis del capítulo Nosedive (2016), perteneciente a la exitosa serie británica Black Mirror (2011-2019) para, posteriormente, desarrollar una comparación del episodio con distintos aspectos de la realidad y así poder comprender qué semejanzas guarda la sociedad distópica de la serie con nuestra sociedad actual en relación con la tecnología.Grado en Publicidad y Relaciones Pública

Local Music Collectors in Cultural Heritage Organizations: Finding Joy through Occupational Devotion

Copyright © 2023 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. This article first appeared in LIBRARY TRENDS, Volume 70, Issue 4, 2022, pages 574-591. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press.This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).Peer ReviewedLocal music collecting in cultural heritage organizations is a rich practice for the study of joy and information. This article examines the joyful and personally meaningful experiences of local music collectors, as drawn from interviews with twenty-two individuals at eighteen cultural heritage organizations conducted from 2018 to 2020. Collectors describe their work with local music collections to be personally meaningful, positive, and even joyful. For many, the positive affective experiences found through the blending of personal interests and professional projects is a key factor in their workplace well-being, motivation, and personal fulfillment. Collectors apply a community-engaged approach to their professional practice, finding self-fulfillment through their work and connection to the local music community. These findings are discussed within the context of the serious leisure perspective, and the pleasurable and the profound in library and information science research

The major life events taxonomy: Social readjustment, social media information sharing, and online network separation during times of life transition

When people experience major life changes, this often impacts their self‐presentation, networks, and online behavior in substantial ways. To effectively study major life transitions and events, we surveyed a large U.S. sample (n = 554) to create the Major Life Events Taxonomy, a list of 121 life events in 12 categories. We then applied this taxonomy to a second large U.S. survey sample (n = 775) to understand on average how much social readjustment each event required, how likely each event was to be shared on social media with different types of audiences, and how much online network separation each involved. We found that social readjustment is positively correlated with sharing on social media, with both broad audiences and close ties as well as in online spaces separate from one's network of known ties. Some life transitions involve high levels of sharing with both separate audiences and broad audiences on social media, providing evidence for what previous research has called social media as social transition machinery. Researchers can use the Major Life Events Taxonomy to examine how people's life transition experiences relate to their behaviors, technology use, and health and well‐being outcomes.National Center for Institutional DiversityPeer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167011/1/asi.24455.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167011/2/asi24455-sup-0001-AppendixS1.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167011/3/asi24455-sup-0002-AppendixS2.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167011/4/asi24455-sup-0003-AppendixS3.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167011/5/asi24455-sup-0004-AppendixS4.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/167011/6/The Major Life Events Taxonomy.xlsxDescription of asi.24455.pdf : Main articleDescription of asi24455-sup-0001-AppendixS1.docx : Appendix ADescription of asi24455-sup-0002-AppendixS2.docx : Appendix BDescription of asi24455-sup-0003-AppendixS3.docx : Appendix CDescription of asi24455-sup-0004-AppendixS4.docx : Appendix DDescription of The Major Life Events Taxonomy.xlsx : The Major Life Events TaxonomySEL