IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/aes/infoec/v30y2026i1p5-14.html

Typical Usability Problems in Romanian Online Newspapers

Author

Listed:
  • Costin PRIBEANU

Abstract

The fast changes in media technology fostered a shift from print to online newspapers, challenging digital journalism to address new issues such as usability and user experience. Because of the rapid expansion of online news websites, usability has not been a concern. Few studies exist that address the usability of online newspaper websites. The objective of this work is to analyze the usability of Romanian online newspapers. The task-based evaluation approach focused on typical tasks, aiming to identify typical usability problems. The evaluation results showed a messy organization of the webpage, disorganized placement of advertising, poor user guidance, prevalence of pages requiring intense scrolling, and increased cognitive load for the user. Online newspapers are designed with commercial interests in mind, and the use of advertising often neglects even the focus on delivering good quality news, not to mention a good reader experience. Usability is not a priority în Romanian online newspapers.

Suggested Citation

  • Costin PRIBEANU, 2026. "Typical Usability Problems in Romanian Online Newspapers," Informatica Economica, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 30(1), pages 5-14.
    • Handle: RePEc:aes:infoec:v:30:y:2026:i:1:p:5-14
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://revistaie.ase.ro/content/117/01%20-%20pribeanu.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:aes:infoec:v:30:y:2026:i:1:p:5-14. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Paul Pocatilu (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/aseeero.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.