Slip-Sliding-Away: A Review of the Literature on the Constraining Qualities of PowerPoint
Journal
Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
ISSN
1080-5699
ISSN-Digital
1552-4191
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2015-09-01
Author(s)
Abstract
PowerPoint is a dominant communication tool in business and education. It allows
for creating professional-looking presentations easily, but without understanding
its constraining qualities it can be used inappropriately. Therefore we conducted
a systematic literature review structuring the literature on PowerPoint in three
chronological phases (Early Criticism, Heated Debate, and Scientific Take-Off) and
identifying 18 constraining qualities classified into three categories: cognitive, emotional, and social. This article provides implications for educators' and practitioners' use (and nonuse) of PowerPoint through synthesis and description of such constraining qualities. Directions for future research are developed by identifying theoretical gaps in literature on PowerPoint.
for creating professional-looking presentations easily, but without understanding
its constraining qualities it can be used inappropriately. Therefore we conducted
a systematic literature review structuring the literature on PowerPoint in three
chronological phases (Early Criticism, Heated Debate, and Scientific Take-Off) and
identifying 18 constraining qualities classified into three categories: cognitive, emotional, and social. This article provides implications for educators' and practitioners' use (and nonuse) of PowerPoint through synthesis and description of such constraining qualities. Directions for future research are developed by identifying theoretical gaps in literature on PowerPoint.
Language
English
Keywords
PowerPoint
slides
presentation slides
visualization
knowledge visualization
visual thinking
literature review
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage
Publisher place
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Volume
78
Number
3
Start page
292
End page
313
Pages
22
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
244083