Effects of emotion control and task on Web searching behavior

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 373-385

  Kim, Kyung Sun ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Information tasks; Search patterns; Web navigation; Web search

Indexed keywords

HUMANITIES COMPUTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEARCH ENGINES; STUDENTS; USER INTERFACES;

EXPERIENCED WEB USERS; PROFILE ANALYSES; SEARCH PATTERNS; USERS' EMOTION CONTROL; WEB SEARCH BEHAVIOR;

MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 35548984022     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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