A Failure to Communicate: Are University Websites Readable?

A failure to communicate . . .

public view science as an inaccessible and arcane religion, whose unusual rituals and unintelligible pronouncements conspire to exclude them. Scientists are trained to answer questions precisely and completely. We are comfortable with uncertainty and, when we are at our best, present each side of an intellectual controversy with balance and nuance. Unfortunately, we have reached a point in the ...

Double-bind hypothesis and failure to communicate.

Using University Ranking Systems to Predict Usability of University Websites

This research investigated whether a university ranking system called Eduroute could provide useful information regarding the usability of universities’ websites. A comparison was conducted between the results obtained by Eduroute regarding the ranking of the top three universities in Jordan, and the results obtained by the heuristic evaluation method regarding the usability of the top three un...

iranian english learners’ perception and personality: a dual approach to investigating influential factors on willingness to communicate

abstract previous studies on willingness to communicate (wtc) have shown the influence of many individual or situational factors on students’ tendency to engage in classroom communication, in which wtc has been viewed either at the trait-level or situational level. however, due to the complexity of the notion of willingness to communicate, the present study suggests that these two strands are ...

How readable are practice leaflets?

Over the past few years the subject of doctors' communication skills has come under scrutiny, and in 1991 a consensus conference was held in Toronto.' Attention has focused mainly on the outcome of messages between doctor and patient when both are present. Yet much communication takes place in the doctor's absence by means of leaflets and notices. This important topic has seldom been studied. A...