The effect of aesthetics on web credibility

People and Computers XXIII Celebrating People and Technology - Proceedings of HCI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 512-519

  Alsudani, Farah ^a   Casey, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Credibility; Gestalt theory; Unity

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

AESTHETIC APPEALS; AESTHETICS; CREDIBILITY; CREDIBILITY-BASED; FIRST IMPRESSIONS; GESTALT THEORY; RECRUITMENT AGENCIES; UNITY;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84857720114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2009.64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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