Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites

This paper proposes a working definition and framework to evaluate content and design of Islamic Website. There are two studies described in this paper. Firstly, a single user study was conducted to examine fifty (N=50) Islamic websites in order to analyse the working definition of Islamic Website....

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Main Authors: Mahmud, Murni, Aliyu, Mansur, Hussien, Idyamawati, Md. Tap, Abu Osman
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling iium-140712012-02-14T05:37:02Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/14071/ Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites Mahmud, Murni Aliyu, Mansur Hussien, Idyamawati Md. Tap, Abu Osman T Technology (General) This paper proposes a working definition and framework to evaluate content and design of Islamic Website. There are two studies described in this paper. Firstly, a single user study was conducted to examine fifty (N=50) Islamic websites in order to analyse the working definition of Islamic Website. Secondly, seventy-eight (N=78) Muslim Internet users were investigated on their perceptions of Islamic Website definition. The study revealed that Islamic Website is determined by the characteristics and quality of the content. Quality of Islamic Website is grouped into two categories: design and content. Design features consist of navigation, interactivity and attractiveness; content features consist of legitimacy, objectivity, authority, relevance, credibility and reliability. The main contributions of this paper are the working definition of Islamic Websites and a framework to evaluate religion-based websites, particularly Islamic websites. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/14071/1/Proposing_a_working_definition_and_framework_to_evaluate_Islamic_websites.pdf Mahmud, Murni and Aliyu, Mansur and Hussien, Idyamawati and Md. Tap, Abu Osman (2011) Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites. In: Proceedings Tenth International Workshop on Internationalisation of Products and Systems , 11 - 14 July 2011, Kuching, Sarawak . http://iwips.org/proceedings/2011/papers/proposing_a_working_definition_and_framework_to_evaluate_islamic_website/
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Mahmud, Murni
Aliyu, Mansur
Hussien, Idyamawati
Md. Tap, Abu Osman
Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites
description This paper proposes a working definition and framework to evaluate content and design of Islamic Website. There are two studies described in this paper. Firstly, a single user study was conducted to examine fifty (N=50) Islamic websites in order to analyse the working definition of Islamic Website. Secondly, seventy-eight (N=78) Muslim Internet users were investigated on their perceptions of Islamic Website definition. The study revealed that Islamic Website is determined by the characteristics and quality of the content. Quality of Islamic Website is grouped into two categories: design and content. Design features consist of navigation, interactivity and attractiveness; content features consist of legitimacy, objectivity, authority, relevance, credibility and reliability. The main contributions of this paper are the working definition of Islamic Websites and a framework to evaluate religion-based websites, particularly Islamic websites.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mahmud, Murni
Aliyu, Mansur
Hussien, Idyamawati
Md. Tap, Abu Osman
author_facet Mahmud, Murni
Aliyu, Mansur
Hussien, Idyamawati
Md. Tap, Abu Osman
author_sort Mahmud, Murni
title Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites
title_short Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites
title_full Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites
title_fullStr Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites
title_full_unstemmed Proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate Islamic websites
title_sort proposing a working definition and framework to evaluate islamic websites
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/14071/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/14071/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/14071/1/Proposing_a_working_definition_and_framework_to_evaluate_Islamic_websites.pdf
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