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Manifestations of Culture in Website Design.

Authors :
Kim, Inhwa
Kuljis, Jasna
Source :
Journal of Computing & Information Technology; Jun2010, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p125-132, 8p, 5 Charts
Publication Year :
2010

Abstract

The web is a global phenomenon and its reach and influence ignores political and culturaI boundaries. However the web's global presence and easy accessibility does not also mean there are no issues related to the understanding and interpretations of its content. Of particular interest to us is to find out whether there is any effect of culture on web design. In this paper, we report on our research into the identification of elements that can be attributed to culture on website design. We examined and compared South Korean and UK's charity websites and identified these elements of the websites. The findings suggest that there are some differences and preferences in the website design that are mostly related to whether the websites employ multimedia and provide facilities for user input. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
CULTURE
WEB development
WEBSITES

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13301136
Volume :
18
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Journal of Computing & Information Technology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
52545824
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2498/cit.1001806