Effects of linear reading, basic computer skills, evaluating online information, and navigation on reading digital text

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Highlights:

• The number of visits to task-relevant pages predicted performance in digital reading.

• Good linear text readers selected more relevant hypertext pages than weak readers.

• Beyond linear reading skills, digital reading demanded ICT-related skills.

• Basic computer skills predict the selection of relevant hypertext pages.

• Skills in evaluating online information accounted directly for digital reading.

摘要

•The number of visits to task-relevant pages predicted performance in digital reading.•Good linear text readers selected more relevant hypertext pages than weak readers.•Beyond linear reading skills, digital reading demanded ICT-related skills.•Basic computer skills predict the selection of relevant hypertext pages.•Skills in evaluating online information accounted directly for digital reading.

论文关键词:Digital reading,Hypertext reading,Navigation behavior,Basic computer skills,Evaluating online information

论文评审过程:Received 15 May 2015, Revised 11 August 2015, Accepted 26 September 2015, Available online 5 November 2015, Version of Record 5 November 2015.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.042