Making sense of the Web: a metaphorical approach
The nature of the World Wide Web is unfamiliar to most people. In order to make sense of this foreign environment people describe the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar. Metaphors are often used for this purpose. Since it is important to use the Web effectively it is important to acquire insight on...
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University of Borås
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| description | The nature of the World Wide Web is unfamiliar to most people. In order to make sense of this foreign environment people describe the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar. Metaphors are often used for this purpose. Since it is important to use the Web effectively it is important to acquire insight on user perceptions. Preliminary results of the Internet Metaphor Project are presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4365a0558f914a999dafa3b1ec926e9c2022-12-22T03:17:34ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16132000-01-016185Making sense of the Web: a metaphorical approachLee RatzanThe nature of the World Wide Web is unfamiliar to most people. In order to make sense of this foreign environment people describe the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar. Metaphors are often used for this purpose. Since it is important to use the Web effectively it is important to acquire insight on user perceptions. Preliminary results of the Internet Metaphor Project are presented.http://informationr.net/ir/6-1/paper85.htmlWorld Wide Webmetaphorsuser perceptionsInternet Metaphor Project |
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| title | Making sense of the Web: a metaphorical approach |
| title_full | Making sense of the Web: a metaphorical approach |
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| title_short | Making sense of the Web: a metaphorical approach |
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| topic | World Wide Web metaphors user perceptions Internet Metaphor Project |
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