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Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad?
Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/27674 Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad? De Villiers, Carina annatjie.theron@gmail.com Theron, Annatjie Carl jung Anthropomorphism User interface design Temperament Personality Human-computer interaction Mbti Website design It Website personality UCTD Dissertation (MIT)--University of Pretoria, 2008. This study suggests that it is possible to classify websites as either extrovert or introvert and logical or emotional in style, impact and appearance. Both the extraversion/ introversion and logical/emotional dichotomies are major descriptors in the character typology devised by C.G. Jung and extended by others. Apart from the dichotomies mentioned above, Jung’s typology also makes use of various emotional characteristics of human beings as descriptors of temperament or character. The study suggests that it is useful to identify websites in terms of the descriptors that Jung and others propose, and that different websites will display various “temperamental” differences that are as important for website design as is a clear understanding of the temperaments of its target users. By taking account of the most common temperamental differences in websites, it should be possible to maximise the efficiency and appearance of different kinds of websites such as those created for government agencies, banks, online shopping, social networking and search engines. Informatics unrestricted 2013-09-07T12:00:23Z 2008-09-17 2013-09-07T12:00:23Z 2008-09-02 2008-09-17 2008-09-01 Dissertation 2008 C107/eo http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27674 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09012008-115812/ ©University of Pretoria 2008 C107/ application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Carl jung Anthropomorphism User interface design Temperament Personality Human-computer interaction Mbti Website design It Website personality UCTD Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad? |
| title | Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad? |
| title_full | Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad? |
| title_fullStr | Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad? |
| title_short | Websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament : fact or fad? |
| title_sort | websites are capable of reflecting a particular human temperament fact or fad |
| topic | Carl jung Anthropomorphism User interface design Temperament Personality Human-computer interaction Mbti Website design It Website personality UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27674 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09012008-115812/ |