Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Narrative Engagement(also: Story Engagement)
- A multidimensional construct used in media studies and HCI research to capture how deeply a viewer is drawn into a story, including narrative understanding, attentional focus, narrative presence (the feeling of being inside the story world), and emotional engagement with…
- Narrative Immersion(also: Story Immersion, Narrative Presence)
- A psychological state in which the audience becomes deeply absorbed in a story world, perceiving the mediated content as if it were an unmediated reality. In accessible media, narrative immersion encompasses spatial presence (feeling present in the story environment), content…
- Notification Fatigue(also: Alert Fatigue, Information Overload)
- Notification fatigue is a state in which users become desensitized to or overwhelmed by frequent alerts, notifications, or information delivery from a device or system, causing them to ignore or tune out important messages. In accessibility contexts, notification fatigue is a…
- Novice User(also: Beginner User, First-Time User)
- A user who is new to a particular system, task, or interface and has not yet built a mental model of its structure or vocabulary. Novice users typically benefit from menu-driven interfaces, prominent help, progressive disclosure, and forgiving interaction patterns that allow…
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