Title :
Exploring the applicability of Web Architectural-Inducing Model (WA-IM) for Information Architecture in cultural context: A structural equation modeling approach
Author :
Isa, Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Mohd ; Noor, Nor Laila Md ; Mehad, Shafie
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Technol. & Quantitative Sci., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam
Abstract :
Website information architecture (IA) has transcended into a discipline that is concerned with design principle and architecture of information in digital landscape. IA models in web-mediated environment however lack theoretical perspectives, empirical evidence and cultural context. In our effort to enlighten these aforementioned, we proposed the Web architectural-inducing model (WA-IM) for IA. We conceptualized website IA as multidimensional constructs and explore the applicability of WA-IM for IA. We conducted a web-based survey to 427 Muslim online user as the cultural case study and examine the expectations of using IA in culture-centred website; i.e., Islamic genre website. Construct validation of the multifactor structure of website IA was assessed via confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), using structural equation modeling (SEM). A five factor hypothesis goodness fit model was evaluated where the CFA verified that website IA is composed of multidimensional constructs of five factors: ´content-information´, ´content-trust´, ´navigation-trait´, ´navigation-wayfinding´ and ´context-information design´.
Keywords :
Web sites; Web architectural-inducing model; Web site information architecture; content-information; content-trust; context-information design; cultural context; culture-centred Web site; empirical evidence; information architecture; multifactor structure; navigation-trait; navigation-wayfinding; structural equation modeling; theoretical perspectives; Context modeling; Cultural differences; Data privacy; Equations; Information security; Multidimensional systems; Navigation; Service oriented architecture; Statistical analysis; Web page design;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Information Management, 2008. ICDIM 2008. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2916-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2917-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICDIM.2008.4746826