Abstract
This research aims to deliver the fundamental, theoretical and empirical background surrounding electronic reading. It is structured into five sections starting with a reading definition, reading process, and a comparison between reading from paper and from an electronic format. The fourth section discusses the variables that influence reading electronic texts. These variables are classified into three categories: the individual or user variables (age, gender, experience and educational level); the text layout variables (font type and size, line length, spaces between lines of text, colour); and the applied technology (hardware and software). In the fifth section, a summary of previous studies is given and a framework for these variables is suggested based on the previous surveys.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Examining Information Retrieval and Image Processing Paradigms in Multidisciplinary Contexts |
Editors | Joan Lu, Qiang Xu |
Publisher | IGI Global |
Pages | 123-149 |
Number of pages | 27 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781522518853 |
ISBN (Print) | 1522518843, 9781522518846 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Feb 2017 |