Why structure and genre matter for users of digital information: A longitudinal experiment with readers of a web-based newspaper

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 502-526

  Vaughan, Misha W ^a   Dillon, Andrew ^b  

^a ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCT DESIGN; UTILITY PROGRAMS; WEBSITES;

GENRE; HCL (CO); USABILITY; WEB DESIGN;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33645756119     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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