The role of context in perceptions of the aesthetics of web pages over time

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-89

  van Schaik, Paul ^a   Ling, Jonathan ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Context; Product experience; User experience; Web site

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; WEBSITES;

AESTHETICS; CONTEXT; PRODUCT EXPERIENCE; USER EXPERIENCE; WEB SITE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 56349120662     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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