The three dimensions of website navigability: Explication and effects

Although the navigability of digital interfaces has been long discussed as a key determinant of media effects of web use, existing scholarship has not yielded a clear conceptual understanding of navigability, nor how to measure perceived navigability as an outcome. The present paper attempts to redr...

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Published in:Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 2016-02, Vol.67 (2), p.454-464
Main Authors: Wojdynski, Bartosz W., Kalyanaraman, Sriram
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Clarity
Determinants
Digital
Factorials
human behavior
information processing
Logic
navigation (information retrieval)
Perception
Three dimensional
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Summary:Although the navigability of digital interfaces has been long discussed as a key determinant of media effects of web use, existing scholarship has not yielded a clear conceptual understanding of navigability, nor how to measure perceived navigability as an outcome. The present paper attempts to redress both and proposes that navigability be conceptually examined along three dimensions, namely, logic of structure, clarity of structure, and clarity of target. A 2 × 2 × 2 factorial between‐subjects experiment (N = 128) was conducted to examine distinct contributions of these dimensions to perceptions of a nonprofit website. The results showed significant effects for logic of structure and clarity on perceived navigability, while logic of structure and content domain involvement affected attitudes toward the website.
ISSN:2330-1635
2330-1643
DOI:10.1002/asi.23395