Home-based digital leisure

The introduction of the information and communication technologies in the home has transformed free-time leisure activities. Adopting a constructivist and interpretive perspective, we analysed 30 individual narratives in order to describe how digital technologies have transformed home-based leisure...

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Autores: López Sintas, Jordi|||0000-0001-5441-4039, Rojas de Francisco, Laura Isabel, García Álvarez, Ercilia|||0000-0003-3211-8620
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:221214
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/221214
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/23311886.2017.1309741
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Leisure
Digital leisure
Home leisure
Leisure satisfaction
Sociology of leisure
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Sumario:The introduction of the information and communication technologies in the home has transformed free-time leisure activities. Adopting a constructivist and interpretive perspective, we analysed 30 individual narratives in order to describe how digital technologies have transformed home-based leisure activities. The findings show that the changes brought about are qualitatively different from those produced by previous technological devices. The digital technologies have not only increased exposure to different experiences, they also allow people to control those experiences. The consumption of experiences is no longer homogeneous among household members and individuals now have greater freedom regarding their choice of home-based leisure activities. The findings of this study, suggest that digital leisure has transformed home-based leisure, can be used to understand home-based leisure technologies. Further studies are required to explore homebased digital leisure in other areas of people's lives as digital technologies, devices and applications evolve.