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Author Bitgood, Stephen.

Title Attention and value [electronic resource] : keys to understanding museum visitors / Stephen Bitgood.

Imprint Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 213 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1. What We Know about Visitor Attention -- Introduction -- Early Studies -- Theories and Models -- Outcomes of Engaged Attention -- Overview of the Attention-Value Model -- Part 2. Understanding Value and Motivation -- Value as a Combination of Quality and Duration -- How Value Influences Choice of Text -- Predicting Engaged Attention to Exhibit Text -- Part 3. Ways to Promote Engaged Attention -- Visitor Self Guides -- Instructions to Describe/Compare Objects -- Label Placement -- Supplementing Audio with Text -- Large Interpretive Background -- Part 4. Promoting Engaged Attention through Exhibit Design -- Phenomena that Decrease Visitor Attention -- Visitor Navigation and Attention -- Some Guiding Principles for Exhibitions -- Appendix A: Checklist for Managing Attention.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Museum visitors.
Attention -- Social aspects.
Value -- Social aspects.
Museum exhibits -- Social aspects.
Museum exhibits -- Psychological aspects.
Museums -- Social aspects.
Museums -- Psychological aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781611322620 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9781611322637 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9781611322644 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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