Digital visibility: Menu prominence and its impact on use. Case study: The NHS Direct Digital channel on Kingston Interactive Television

Aslib Proceedings

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 213-221

  Nicholas, David ^a   Huntington, Paul ^a   Williams, Peter ^a   Gunter, Barrie ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health; Information retrieval; Information systems; Television; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL CHANNEL; INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS; INTERACTIVE TELEVISION; TELEVISION CHANNEL; TIME SPENT; USER SATISFACTION;

HEALTH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TELEVISION SYSTEMS; VISIBILITY;

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

EID: 27644485971     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530210443311     Document Type: Article

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