Chartjunk or goldgraph? Effects of presentation objectives and content desirability on information presentation

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 397-420

  Tractinsky, Noam ^a   Meyer, Joachim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Business graphics; Communication visuals; Display design; Graphic displays; Impression management; Information desirability; Information presentation; Presentation preferences; Self presentation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPETITION; DECISION MAKING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

BUSINESS GRAPHICS; DISPLAY DESIGNS; GRAPHIC DISPLAYS; IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION DESIRABILITY; INFORMATION PRESENTATION; PRESENTATION PREFERENCE; SELF-PRESENTATION;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0013413672     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/249469     Document Type: Article

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