Using visual rhetoric to avoid PowerPoint pitfalls

IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 281-287

  Manning, Alan ^a   Amare, Nicole ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles Peirce; Edward Tufte; Graphics; PowerPoint; Visual rhetoric

Indexed keywords

CHARLES PEIRCE; EDWARD TUFTE; ICONIC REPRESENTATIONS; POWERPOINT; VISUAL RHETORIC;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; IONS; USER INTERFACES; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33745228933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IPCC.2005.1494187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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