Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1115082 Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 2014 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Mobile technology has already become a part of our daily live. The development of mobile technologies provides the opportunity to reflect these in the museums that reveals our cultural and historical heritage. Rev.u program, which was developed by the researcher using the mobile app museum guide enable visitors to listen the features of the automobiles in English and Turkish languages as well as promote the museum. Thus, the app uses not only visual but provides information to the visitors who are unable to speak Turkish. The research is based on 32 visitors of Near East University's Classical Car Museum. Following the museum visit, museum guide mobile application research, qualitative research methods, semi-structured interview developed by the researcher with the “Museum Guide Mobile App Visitor Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction Interview Form” is used. Descriptive analysis method is used to analyze the data. The research has shown that the application is useful and may also utilise in other museums.

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