Attention and value keys to understanding museum visitors / Stephen Bitgood.

Author/creator Bitgood, Stephen
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWalnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2013]
Description213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects

Contents Part 1. What We Know about Visitor Attention -- Introduction -- Early Studies -- Theories and Models -- Outcomes of Engaged Attention -- Overview of the Attention-Value Model -- Part 2. Understanding Value and Motivation -- Value as a Combination of Quality and Duration -- How Value Influences Choice of Text -- Predicting Engaged Attention to Exhibit Text -- Part 3. Ways to Promote Engaged Attention -- Visitor Self Guides -- Instructions to Describe/Compare Objects -- Label Placement -- Supplementing Audio with Text -- Large Interpretive Background -- Part 4. Promoting Engaged Attention through Exhibit Design -- Phenomena that Decrease Visitor Attention -- Visitor Navigation and Attention -- Some Guiding Principles for Exhibitions.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013001079
ISBN9781611322620 (hardback : alkaline paper)
ISBN9781611322637 (paperback : alkaline paper)

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