What is user engagement? A conceptual framework for defining user engagement with technology

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 938-955

  O'Brien, Heather L ^a   Toms, Elaine G ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WEB SERVICES;

LITERATURE REVIEW; USER ENGAGEMENT; USER EXPERIENCES;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 42249089540     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20801     Document Type: Article

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