Expressive and classical aesthetics: Two distinct concepts with highly similar effect patterns in user-artefact interaction

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1180-1191

  Sonderegger, Andreas ^a   Sauer, Juergen ^a   Eichenberger, Janine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

classical aesthetics; expressive aesthetics; performance; trustworthiness; usability testing; website

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

CLASSICAL AESTHETICS; EXPRESSIVE AESTHETICS; PERFORMANCE; TRUSTWORTHINESS; USABILITY TESTING;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84907249067     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2013.853835     Document Type: Article

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