Research Project - Topic Sheet

“How does the response of websites and interaction help keep viewers Interested?”


I hope to find out how specific techniques within web applications use interaction to keep a browser interested. I intend to look in depth if this encourages the browser to stay on the webpage or not. Investigating how these forms of interactions are developed and the outcome of the end results. Do they work and what multimedia methods are involved in the interface, such as Graphics, visuals, structure, sounds and videos. I intend to support this research with five articles using a mixture of secondary and primary sources to complete the project. So far I have began researching useful sources whilst gaining some background knowledge.
My initial plan is to separate the specific interactions into set category’s. This will define the different interactions within the web applications. After looking at numerous web interfaces both on desktop and mobile devices I have decided to split the interactions into three very specific groups. Whilst looking at the three groups I will also look at other factors that may affect the overall response between the viewers. The first category will be visuals and graphics, looking at how certain imagery can interact with the browser or even keep them actively engaged with the web page. The second group will be video and audio mediums applied to the web applications. The final group will be other interactions including things such as the animations within the webpages and other content. Whilst investigating these three areas I hope to see not only if a websites responds with the user but does it keep them interested using specific technique. In addition this should indicate which method works best to achieve the interaction.