Aesthetics and credibility in web site design

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 386-399

  Robins, David ^a   Holmes, Jason ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Credibility; Human perception and judgment; Web design

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; USER INTERFACES; WEB SERVICES;

AESTHETIC TREATMENT; HUMAN PERCEPTION AND JUDGMENT;

WEBSITES;

EID: 35548935607     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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