The Importance of Visualization Methods and Information Presentation in the Reception of a Legal Document

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dc.abstract.enThis article examines the impact of visual techniques, such as bold, underline, and italics, on the effectiveness of processing legal document content. The study empirically tests Richard E. Mayer’s signaling principle, which posits that highlighting key information supports comprehension and recall. An experiment conducted with non-law students revealed that the effectiveness of typographic cues is not uniform and varies depending on the syntactic complexity of the legal content. Participants performed better with simpler linguistic structures, regardless of the type of visual emphasis, while increased complexity diminished the effectiveness of all signaling methods. These findings suggest that, under the conditions of this study, the effectiveness of typographic signaling is limited and strongly dependent on linguistic complexity. While the results do not invalidate the signaling principle, they indicate that its effects may be constrained in contexts involving cognitively demanding legal texts.
dc.affiliationWydział Prawa i Komunikacji Społecznej we Wrocławiu
dc.affiliationInstytut Projektowania
dc.contributor.authorWszołek, Mariusz
dc.contributor.authorPłuchowska, Dorota
dc.contributor.authorBierkowski, Tomasz
dc.contributor.authorWoźniak-Dębińska, Paulina
dc.contributor.authorBanach-Wilczyńska, Marcelina
dc.contributor.authorAntczak, Mateusz
dc.date.access2026-06-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-10T06:48:40Z
dc.date.available2026-06-10T06:48:40Z
dc.date.created2026-04-10
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dc.identifier.doi10.18848/2325-1581/CGP/A174
dc.identifier.eissn2325-159X
dc.identifier.issn2325-1581
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/2395
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dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationsztuki plastyczne i konserwacja dzieł sztuki
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o komunikacji społecznej i mediach
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
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dc.subject.enLegal Design
dc.subject.enLegal Documents
dc.subject.enInformation Visualization
dc.subject.enSignaling Principle
dc.subject.enWorking Memory
dc.subject.enTypography
dc.subject.enPlain Language
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dc.titleThe Importance of Visualization Methods and Information Presentation in the Reception of a Legal Document
dc.title.journalInternational Journal of Visual Design
dc.typeJournalArticle
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