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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2016.14.9.431

Mobile Web-toon Application Service Usability Study -Focus on Naver Web-toon and Lezin Comics-  

Ha, Joohyung (Dept. of Digital Media Design, International Design School for Advanced Studies, Hongik University)
Kim, Seung-in (Digital Media Design, International Design School for Advanced Studies, Hongik University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.14, no.9, 2016 , pp. 431-436 More about this Journal
Abstract
Web-toon is provided to users in the form of Web-toon and The users are steadily rising and increasing amount of using time until today. Web-toon has become a popular pastime among smartphone users. Therefore, when providing services, Web-toon application should be made with an appropriate system so that it can be easily used, and considering problems that users may have while using the application, it should help users have better experiences. With Naver Web-toon and Lezin Comics as subjects, user experiences of teenagers were analyzed with questionnaires based on Honeycomb model of Peter Morville. The score of Naver Web-toon was higher than Lezin Comics after user experience assesment, and usability and accessibility as important factors turned out to be influential to teen-aged users who use Web-toon services.
Keywords
Mobile; Web-toon; Service; Usability; Application;
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