Effective website design for experience-influenced environments: The case of high culture museums
Information & ManagementPublished 7 March 2014
Jessie Pallud, Detmar W. Straub
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This research identifies variables that play a role and influence online behaviors in a specific experiential environment, namely the high culture museum website, and proposes a research model tested with two different websites that indicates esthetics is the most important design criteria for experientials interfaces.
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