Users' schemata of hypermedia: What is so 'spatial' about a website?

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 487-502

  Farris, J Shawn ^a   Jones, Keith S ^a   Elgin, Peter D ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connection structure; Hypermedia; Mental representation; Schema; Spatial

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; WEBSITES;

MENTAL REPRESENTATION;

HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036810595     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(02)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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