Attention and value : keys to understanding museum visitors - Bitgood, Stephen (Walnut Creek, California : Left Coast Press, Inc., 2013)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-205) and index.
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Keywords: Museum visitors; Attention -- Social aspects; Value -- Social aspects; Museum exhibits -- Social aspects; Museum exhibits -- Psychological aspects; Museums -- Social aspects; Museums -- Psychological aspects; Electronic books