TY - JOUR
T1 - Translating user control availability into perception
T2 - the moderating role of prior experience
AU - Southwell, Brian G.
AU - Anghelcev, George
AU - Himelboim, Itai
AU - Jones, Julie
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was made possible by a Grant-In-Aid award from the University of Minnesota. Jennifer Swedell of the University of Minnesota developed software applications that facilitated this work. Mira Lee (now at Michigan State University) was invaluable in the data construction process. The authors also are grateful for reviewer and editor suggestions for improvement.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - On a basic level, perception of user control over media content should be partially a function of control option availability. At the same time, prior user experience with control options should interact with control availability to produce joint effects on control perception. To assess these ideas, we present experimental data from 101 University students in the United States. Participants engaged a documentary in one of three ways: by simply watching the documentary, by watching the documentary with the option of using typical VCR-type controls (such as fast-forward or reverse), or by watching and having available both VCR-type controls and scene sequencing control. Data support our hypotheses. While there was a generally positive relationship between exposure to user control options and user control perception across all participants, those participants with relatively less prior experience with Internet-based applications demonstrated a somewhat different relationship between control availability and control perception.
AB - On a basic level, perception of user control over media content should be partially a function of control option availability. At the same time, prior user experience with control options should interact with control availability to produce joint effects on control perception. To assess these ideas, we present experimental data from 101 University students in the United States. Participants engaged a documentary in one of three ways: by simply watching the documentary, by watching the documentary with the option of using typical VCR-type controls (such as fast-forward or reverse), or by watching and having available both VCR-type controls and scene sequencing control. Data support our hypotheses. While there was a generally positive relationship between exposure to user control options and user control perception across all participants, those participants with relatively less prior experience with Internet-based applications demonstrated a somewhat different relationship between control availability and control perception.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chb.2004.10.025
DO - 10.1016/j.chb.2004.10.025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33747796933
SN - 0747-5632
VL - 23
SP - 554
EP - 563
JO - Computers in Human Behavior
JF - Computers in Human Behavior
IS - 1
ER -