Modelo para análise de usabilidade de periódico eletrônico

• Ano de defesa: 2008
• Autor(a) principal: Ordones, Solange Aparecida Devechi [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Tecnologia da informação; Ciência da informação; Periódicos eletrônicos; Scientific communication; Website usability; Information science
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/93707

The present research is intended for addressing aspects related to the scientific communication considered primary source to spread scientific knowledge, which facilitates the interchange among researchers in several science fields. It also considers information and communication technologies, specially the Internet, as source to potentize the spreading of scientific knowledge. Moreover, this work presents the scientific journal as one of the main vehicles for communicating research results, and searches for references in the quality criteria which classify the vehicle, as well as in the principles and recommendations presented in the literature such as indicators to improve the structures of information hypermedia environments developed to the web. There is also a reflection on the interactionist perspective which recognizes the importance of the user as active part of the learning process. As study subject, it was selected the “RAE Eletrônica” and “REAd Revista Eletrônica de Administração”, both on-line magazines, in order to carry a comparative analysis between the selected websites and journals, identifying elements observed in their structures and functionalities. Finally, along with an interview and focus group, a questionnaire was applied in order to evaluate usability from the viewpoint of the users who evaluated the system. These evaluators are students and Business Management teachers who participate in graduation and post-graduation activities related to their knowledge field. As a result, it is presented an analysis and discussion about data organization and structure in the digital environment of scientific journals, which must be considered in order to guarantee quality and functionality of the electronic format, as well as model of usability analysis.