PowerPoint in Public: Digital Technologies and the New Morphology of Demonstration

Theory, Culture & Society

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 30-55

  Stark, David ^a   Paravel, Verena ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

architects; cognitive style; Colin Powell; demonstrations; digital technologies; PowerPoint

Indexed keywords

EID: 50949120832     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276408095215     Document Type: Article

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