Mental models of the Internet

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 299-305

  Thatcher, Andrew ^a   Greyling, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Computer experience; Internets; Mental models; User's drawings

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WIDE AREA NETWORKS;

INTERNET; MENTAL MODELS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYBERNETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERMEDIA; INFORMATION; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032213247     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(97)00081-4     Document Type: Article

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