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Vol.11, No.4, 575 ~ 589, 2008
Title
The Influence of Altering Mobile Phone Interface on the Generation of Mental Model
 
Abstract
This study is to inquire respective patterns of mental models caused by wrongful usages which can be experienced when a user who is used to a keypad-based mobile phone starts using a touch screen mobile phone and to find out the features of the user`s logical process of correcting such wrongful usages to a new mental model. In addition, design improvement to be considered for easy generation of the mental model regarding touch screen mobile phones was reviewed in this study. We set up test subjects for the most frequently used seven high priority functions among touch screen phone functions and carried out the subject assessment together with interview surveys after the video observation experiment. Our test results show that test subjects who were used to keypad-based mobile phones tend to use operation knowledge related to the computer operational system(Window) or the web browser navigation including Tap or Double Tap in order to correct the mental model when a wrongful usage is made. In addition, the result of comparison and analysis of the subject assessment and the video observation experiment data shows that wrongful usages of touch screen mobile phones mostly occurred in the field of `information feedback` and `navigation` among mobile phone components.
Key Words
터치스크린 모바일 폰, 멘탈모델, 인터페이스, 인터랙션, Touchscreen Mobile Phone, Mental Model, Interface, Interaction
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