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Title: |
Disorientation and
Comprehension in Hypertext |
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Aim: |
To explore the effects of different types of links
and link structures on the degree of comprehension and disorientation users
have while navigating in Web sites. |
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Project
description |
Hypertext
reading imposes extra demands in people relative to normal reading. To have
to choose what links to follow seems to affect comprehension of the text and
disorientate users while navigating. However, not all types of links and link
structures seem to affect equally users. In this project we propose to
explore these issues measuring the effects on comprehension and lostness as a function of the text topology, number and
types of links of the web site. |
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Requirements: |
Interest in Experimental Research, Web Design and Usability Background knowledge: Usability engineering and
Human-Computer Interaction, statistical courses as WOM and ARM. |
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Supervisor: |
Mari Carmen Puerta Melguizo
(puerta@cs.uu.nl) |
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Intern/extern: |
Preferably 2 students |
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Startdatum: |
as soon as possible |
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Literatuur: |
Ahuja, J.S. & Webster, J.
(2001). Perceived disorientation: an examination of a new measure to assess
web design effectiveness. Interacting
with Computers, 14, 15-29. DeStefano, D. & LeFevre, J-A. (in press). Cognitive
load in hypertext reading: a review. Computers
in Human Behavior,1-26. Otter,
M. & Johnson, H. (2000). Lost in hyperspace: metrics and mental models. Interacting
with Computers, 13,
1-40 Van Nimwegen, C., Pouw, M., & van Oostendorp, H. (1999). The influence of
structure and reading manipulation on usability hypertexts. Interacting with Computers, 12, 7-21. |