Information Design Journal

Volume 16, Issue 2 (2008)

2008. 83 pp.

Publishing status: Available
Published online on 4 August 2008

© John Benjamins Publishing Company

https://doi.org/10.1075/idj.16.2

Table of Contents

Does the taxman need a face? Effects of including photographs and examples in a tax form; a field experiment with senior citizens in The Netherlands Carel van Wijk and Anja Arts	85–100
An interview with Louis Rosenfeld Saul Carliner	101–106
Are animated demonstrations the clearest and most comfortable way to communicate on-screen instructions? José Marconi Bezerra de Souza and Mary C. Dyson	107–124
Research challenges	125
Literary potential: The unexplored powers of reading Frank Hakemulder	126–132
Typography and disciplinary identity in academic writing Louise J. Ravelli and Sue Starfield	133–147
Research watch	148–155
Book reviews
Frances Rock. Communicating rights: The language of arrest and detention Reviewed by Martha L. Komter	156–158
William Benoit and Pamela Benoit. Persuasive messages: The process of influence Reviewed by Jos Hornikx	159–161

Subjects

Communication Studies

Communication Studies

Linguistics

Discourse studies

Psychology

Cognitive psychology