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| Title: | Waiting for the Web : how screen color affects time perception |
| Authors: | Sengupta, Jaideep
Gorn, Gerald J.
Chattopadhyay, Amitava
Tripathi, Shashank |
| Keywords: | Color
Processing speed
Web sites
Emotions
Perceptions
Time
Studies
Statistical analysis
Consumer attitudes |
| Issue Date: | May-2004 |
| Citation: | Journal of marketing research, v. 41, no. 2, May 2004, p. 215-225 |
| Abstract: | The authors investigate the link between the color of a Web page's background screen while the page is downloading and the perceived quickness of the download. They draw on research that supports links between color and feelings of relaxation and between feelings of relaxation and time perception. The authors predict that the background screen color influences how quickly a page is perceived to download and that feelings of relaxation mediate this influence. In a series of experiments, they manipulate the hue, value, and chroma dimensions of the color to induce more or less relaxed feeling states. The findings suggest that for each dimension, colors that induce more relaxed feeling states lead to greater perceived quickness. The authors provide triangulating evidence with an alternative manipulation: the number of times subjects wait for a download. As does color, this also leads to variation in levels of relaxation and perceived quickness. A final experiment reveals that color not only affects perceived download quickness but also has consequences for users' evaluations of the Web site and their likelihood of recommending it to others. |
| Rights: | Reprinted with permission from JMR, Journal of Marketing Research, published by the American Marketing Association, Gerald J. Gorn, Amitava Chattopadhyay, Jaideep Sengupta, Shashank Tripathi, May 2004, v.41, no. 2, p. 215-225. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1783.1/1752 |
| Appears in Collections: | MARK Journal/Magazine Articles
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