The Designers of a Site Can Ask Visitors to Perform

question 72

True/False

The designers of a site can ask visitors to perform a sequence of tasks and observe the problems they encounter, to assess the usability of the site.

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Definitions:

Jean Baudrillard

A French sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist known for his analysis of media, simulation, and hyperreality.

Fredric Jameson

A cultural theorist and Marxist scholar known for his analysis of contemporary cultural trends and the concept of postmodernity.

Postmodernist

Relating to a broad movement in the late 20th century across philosophy, arts, architecture, and criticism that represents a departure from modernism and has a skeptical interpretation of culture, literature, and art.

Frederic Jameson

A prominent literary and cultural critic, known for his analysis of postmodernism and globalization from a Marxist perspective.