Visitor studies bibliography - European Association of Zoos and ...

Language and style
BRAMLEY (F.), 1993: Laugh a little, learn a lot: making your message stick! Visitor Studies
5(1): 99-104. http://historicalvoices.org/pbuilder/pbfiles/Project38/Scheme325/VSA-a0a4t9-a_5730.pdf
LOUCH (J.), PRICE (E.), ESSON (M.) & FEISTNER (A.), 1999: The effects of sign styles on
Visitor Behav. at the Orangutan Enclosure at Jersey Zoo. Dodo 35: 134-50.
MILLIS (K.), 2001: Making meaning brings pleasure: the influence of titles on aesthetic
experiences. Emotion 1: 320-29.
WATTS (G.H.) & ANDERSON (R.C.), 1971: Effects of three types of inserted questions on
learning from prose. J. Educ. Psych. 66: 40-48.
ON-GOING OR UNPUBLISHED STUDIES :
CLIPMAN (J.-M.), 2000: Using questions as titles on exhibit labels. 12 th ann. VSA conf., Aug. 5-9, 2000,
Boston/Cambridge. Abstract: http://www.visitorstudiesarchives.org
LITWAK (J.M.), 2000: Using questions as titles on exhibit labels. VSA Conf. 2000, Boston.
PLISKIN (J.), s.d.: The effects of copy format on reading behavior and learning. Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Zoo.
Unpublished.
BACKGROUND & FURTHER READING: LANGUAGE AND STYLE
ASH (D.), 2004ASH (D.), 2004: How families use questions at dioramas: ideas for exhibit design. Curator 47: 84-100.
COSTERS (N.) & VAN DE CRAEN (P.), 2001: Het schrijvende en beschrijvende museum. Zaalteksten, muurteksten,
kernteksten of beeld zonder tekst. Onderzoeksproject in opdracht van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap. [The writing and
descriptive museum. Hall labels, wall labels, core copy or image without text. Research project for the Flemish
Community.] Brussel, Min. Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 88 pp.
COXALL (H.), 1991: How language means: an alternative view of museum text. In: KAVANAGH (G.) (ed.): Museum
languages: objects and texts. 2 nd edn. Leicester, Leicester UP:
FLESCH (R.), 1946: The art of plain talk. New York, Harper & Brothers.
FLESCH (R.), 1949: The art of readable writing. New York, Harper & Row.
FRUITMAN (M.) & DUBRO (L.), 1979: Writing effective labels. Museum News, Jan/Feb 1979:
HARTLEY (L.) & TRUEMAN (M.), 1983: The effects of headings in text on recall, search and retrieval. British J.
Educ. Psych. 53(2): 205-14.
HEINTZMAN (J.), 1988: A guide for nature writers. Univ. of Wisconsin.
HIRSCHI (K.D.) & SCREVEN (C.G.), 1988: Effects of questions on visitor reading behavior. ILVS Review. J. Visitor
Behav. 1(1): 50-61.
HOEKEN (H.) & POULSSEN (A.), 1991: Aantrekkelijk taalgebruik in voorlichtingsteksten: het effect op waardering,
begrip en beïnvloeding. [Appealing language styles in information copy: the effect on appreciation, comprehension and
influence.] Ts. taalbeheersing 3.
LITWAK (J.M.), 1996: Visitors learn more from labels that ask questions. Current Trends Audience Res. & Evaluation
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