TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bitgood,Stephen
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Attention and value: keys to understanding museum visitors 
AV  - AM7 .B567 2013eb
U1  - 069 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Walnut Creek, Calif.
PB  - Left Coast Press, Inc.
KW  - Museum visitors
KW  - Attention
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Value
KW  - Museum exhibits
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Museums
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10700213
ER  -