The representation of national political freedom on web interface design: The indicators

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1222-1248

  Li, Rowena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Bayside High School Library   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL DIMENSIONS; CULTURAL STUDIES; DISTANCE INDICATORS; INTERFACE DESIGNS; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; WEB CONTENT; WEB INTERFACE DESIGN; WEB PAGE;

MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEBSITES;

DESIGN;

EID: 66149177045     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21046     Document Type: Article

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