Cultural dimensions of website design and content

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-84

  Zhao, Wenyong ^a   Massey, Brian L ^b   Murphy, Jamie ^a   Liu, Fang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Internet; United States; Website content; Website design; Websites

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038138011     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0810902032000051027     Document Type: Article

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