Visualizing Culture: Analyzing the Cultural Aesthetics of the Web

by Roxanne M. O'Connell

Overview

Based on Web design best practices and data collected from close to 2000 websites in more than 30 countries over a period of eight years, this book defines a methodology for identifying patterns - a pattern language.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433122231
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	01/20/2015
Series:	Visual Communication , #4
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Roxanne O’Connell (PhD, Salve Regina University) is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication and Graphic Design at Roger Williams
University. She is the editor of the two-volume series Teaching with Multimedia and a contributing author to Visualizing the Web: Evaluating Online Design from a Visual Communication Perspective.

Table of Contents

Contents: A Pattern Language: Culture, Technology & Design – Getting Started: Two Methods – Color Palettes – Content: Modality, Ratio, Density & Flow – Time: Mode & Tempo – Audience Interaction & Information Density – Cultural Attitudes & Values – Usability, Uncertainty & Ambiguity – Using the Pattern Language.