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Internet Penetration and Leisure Activity Entropy: A Macro-Micro Integrated Analysis
1Business School, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088, China.
Entropy (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 27, 2026
Summary
Internet use increases individual leisure diversity, but its regional impact may peak and decline. This effect varies by leisure type and is influenced by education and income.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Information Science
- Leisure Studies
Background:
- Debates exist on internet penetration's effect on leisure diversity: macro-level entropy increase versus micro-level entropy reduction.
- Shannon's information entropy theory offers a framework to analyze these effects.
- A three-tier framework (micro-individual, macro-regional, macro-micro linkage) is proposed.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the intrinsic link between internet penetration and leisure diversity.
- To quantitatively analyze the impact of internet penetration on leisure entropy at both individual and regional levels.
- To investigate the mediating role of individual internet use in the macro-level effects.
Main Methods:
- Utilized microdata from the China General Social Survey and macro data from the China Economic and Financial Research Database.
- Employed a multi-method approach including benchmark regression, mediation analysis, and nonlinear analysis.
- Tested hypotheses regarding the relationship between internet penetration and leisure entropy.
Main Results:
- Micro-level internet penetration significantly boosts individual leisure entropy.
- Macro-level internet penetration's impact on leisure diversity may exhibit an inverted U-shaped curve, mediated by micro-level internet use.
- The entropy-increasing effect is most pronounced for learning-oriented leisure and least for social-oriented leisure.
Conclusions:
- Education, income, and internet penetration are identified as core configurational conditions influencing leisure diversity.
- The study provides a quantitative framework for leisure diversity and an integrated macro-micro model.
- Offers insights into the complex, nonlinear relationship between internet penetration and leisure diversity.
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