The interaction effects of familiarity, breadth and media usage on web browsing experience

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2141-2152

  Chen, Jengchung Victor ^a   Lin, Chinho ^b   Yen, David C ^c   Linn, Kyaw Phyo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorientation; Engagement; Familiarity; Intention to use; Navigation; Website design

Indexed keywords

DISORIENTATION; ENGAGEMENT; FAMILIARITY; INTENTION TO USE; WEBSITE DESIGN;

DESIGN; INTERNET; NAVIGATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; USER INTERFACES;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 80052812099     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.06.008     Document Type: Article

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