Research Article

User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model

Volume: 7 Number: 1 January 2, 2024
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User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the user experience (UX) of a plainly designed website on a comprehensive subject, to determine its effect and efficiency on a target group and to find out if it is a “must” to form a detailed design for such a mission. The analysis is conducted on an original website on school preference for university selection guidance. The website differs from others by bringing in the concept of presenting comparative comments about the schools of students who studied at two different universities, with no additional information. The research is conducted by using the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), which is based on Information Architecture (IA), for UX analyses. The info processed by relational screening technique was obtained from 256 high school students through the internet by a survey regarding their opinions about the website. Data were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), in the context of five hypotheses. Findings confirmed that the IA factors predicted TAM factors, which showed that such a website holds a positive effect and efficiency for the measured factors. Moreover, a result other than those estimated was also achieved, which was the absence of an effect of one of the TAM factors to another, very probably due to the design’s extreme plainness. These results present key messages both to web designers and the academy by showing that using plainness at the limits may possess extra positive outcomes and may reveal unexpected evidence in models.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Software Engineering (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 2, 2024

Submission Date

January 24, 2023

Acceptance Date

April 2, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Canca, D., & Perdahçı, Z. N. (2024). User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model. Acta Infologica, 7(1), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.26650/acin.1235455
AMA
1.Canca D, Perdahçı ZN. User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model. ACIN. 2024;7(1):95-106. doi:10.26650/acin.1235455
Chicago
Canca, Deniz, and Ziya Nazım Perdahçı. 2024. “User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed With Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model”. Acta Infologica 7 (1): 95-106. https://doi.org/10.26650/acin.1235455.
EndNote
Canca D, Perdahçı ZN (January 1, 2024) User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model. Acta Infologica 7 1 95–106.
IEEE
[1]D. Canca and Z. N. Perdahçı, “User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model”, ACIN, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 95–106, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.26650/acin.1235455.
ISNAD
Canca, Deniz - Perdahçı, Ziya Nazım. “User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed With Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model”. Acta Infologica 7/1 (January 1, 2024): 95-106. https://doi.org/10.26650/acin.1235455.
JAMA
1.Canca D, Perdahçı ZN. User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model. ACIN. 2024;7:95–106.
MLA
Canca, Deniz, and Ziya Nazım Perdahçı. “User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed With Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model”. Acta Infologica, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2024, pp. 95-106, doi:10.26650/acin.1235455.
Vancouver
1.Deniz Canca, Ziya Nazım Perdahçı. User Experience Analysis of an Original Website Designed with Simplicity from the Perspective of Technology Acceptance Model. ACIN. 2024 Jan. 1;7(1):95-106. doi:10.26650/acin.1235455