Cross-cultural analysis of social network services in Japan, Korea, and the USA

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5623 LNCS, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-68

  Marcus, Aaron ^a   Krishnamurthi, Niranjan ^a  

^a AARON MARCUS AND ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance; China; Culture; Culture model; Design; Interaction; Interface; Japan; Korea; Language; Mental model; Metaphor; Navigation; Network; Social; User

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANALYSIS; CULTURE; INTERACTION INTERFACE; MENTAL MODEL; MODEL DESIGN; SOCIAL NETWORK SERVICES; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES; WEB SITE DESIGN;

LINGUISTICS; NAVIGATION; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

DESIGN;

EID: 76649128401     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02767-3_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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