PAYING ATTENTION TO DISTRACTION: SCIENCE MUSEUM ENVIRONMENTS AND VISITOR ATTENTION

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dc.contributor.authorStrick, Jessica Bret
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-21T18:25:51Z
dc.date.available2025-07-21T18:25:51Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractI conducted a comparative study aimed at understanding the effect of restricted visual access on visitor attention. I hoped to find a happy medium between screened exhibit clusters that imposed a thematic connection and the wide open environment that gave people freedom to make their own connections along with a big dose of distraction. Instead of screens, I used curtains. Instead of exhibit clusters, I examined just two adjacent exhibits at a time that were no more related to each other than their neighboring exhibits. The goal of the study was to add to the scant existing research on science museum environments and to provide one potential remedy for distraction.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/4345
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionJohn F. Kennedy University (JFKU)
dc.titlePAYING ATTENTION TO DISTRACTION: SCIENCE MUSEUM ENVIRONMENTS AND VISITOR ATTENTION
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineMuseum Studies
thesis.degree.grantorJohn F. Kennedy University (JFKU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts in Museum Studies

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