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A Study on the Level of Recognition Homepage Icon for Children

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
  • Abbr : JKOSIM
  • 2004, 21(4), pp.315~328
  • DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2004.21.4.315
  • Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : November 19, 2004
  • Accepted : December 3, 2004
  • Published : December 30, 2004

kimhyejoo 1 Lee Too-Young 2

1한성대학교
2중앙대학교

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ABSTRACT

The study examined 131 icons that appeared in major Web sites for the use of children. Out of 131 icons, 66 icons were selected as core icons by calculating the number of their occurrence in the same category. The 66 icons were examined to find out whether they meet the evaluation criteria. And also 66 icons were presented to the children to find out whether they immediately recognize the meaning of each icons. Finally, the study investigated to find out the correlations between the results of evaluations by criteria and the results of the children's recognitions of meaning of each icons. As a results of the study, it presented 16 icons that were proved to be appropriate for the use of children.

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