Paper Info
Title
Gender and information processing in electronic age
Abstract
The effect of gender in academic achievement has often been the focus of research because of its potential implications. However, the Web has modified the way people access and use information. The present study examines the differences between males' and females' reading behaviour in hypertexts. The study focuses on text based electronic documents. Ninety participants (27 females and 63 males) read a hierarchically structured hypertext and answered a set of questions. The study examines some original variables not previously studied comprehensively, such as coherence of transactions, sum of selected hyperlinks, hyperlink location etc. The results show that gender did not significantly affect any of the measured variables. The data consisted of reading times, comprehension scores, coherent links, hyperlink location, sum of hyperlinks, and the sum of read nodes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1456536.1456563
SIGDOC
Keywords
Field
DocType
information processing,electronic age,comprehension score,hierarchically structured hypertext,present study,measured variable,coherent link,academic achievement,hyperlink location etc.,electronic document,selected hyperlinks,hyperlink location,hypertext,hyperlinks,coherence,data consistency,comprehension,cognitive processes,cognitive process,reading
Hypertext,World Wide Web,Information processing,Information retrieval,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Hyperlink,Academic achievement,Cognition,Multimedia,Information Age,Comprehension
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
10
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aristidis Protopsaltis115921.26
Vassiliki Bouki2295.72