Aesthetics on the web: Effects on approach and avoidance behaviour

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 4-20

  Strebe, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

aesthetics; affect; user experience; websites

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

AESTHETIC APPRECIATIONS; AESTHETICS; AFFECT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; SECOND CAPTURES; USER EXPERIENCE;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84955422159     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2015.1070202     Document Type: Article

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