| Title | 'E-mail this story to a friend!': a study of sharing tools on newspaper Websites. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Authors | Erdelez, S., Rioux K., & Williams M. E. |
| Journal | Proceedings of the National Online Meeting |
| Volume | 21 |
| Pagination | 81 - 93 |
| ISSN | 15737059 |
| Keywords | Electronic mail, INTERNET, LIBRARY cooperation, User studies |
| Abstract | Many Websites include buttons or links labeled with the text 'E-mail This Story to a Friend,' or similar. These tools allow users to conveniently share news stories and information about products and services of interest with friends, family, and colleagues via e-mail. Information sharing on the Internet is a phenomenon that has attracted the attention of Internet marketers interested in extending and fine-tuning their Web-based advertising campaigns. Although many commercial Websites include sharing tools, their characteristics have not yet been systematically examined. Reports on an exploratory study of the design and functional features of sharing tools in a sample of 11 US-based newspaper Websites. Examines their sharing tools to gather data about the appearance, location, and features provided to both senders and recipients of generated e-mail messages. Additionally, sample news stories were 'shared' with one of the authors using each of the sharing tools, and data about the appe |
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Pope John Paul II, Ex Corde Ecclesiae (40)
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