PowerPoint, Communication, and the Knowledge Society (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives) - Softcover

Knoblauch, Hubert

 
9780521150088: PowerPoint, Communication, and the Knowledge Society (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

Synopsis

PowerPoint has become an integral part of academic and professional life across the globe. In this book, Hubert Knoblauch offers the first complete analysis of the PowerPoint presentation as a form of communication. Knoblauch charts the diffusion of PowerPoint and explores its significance as a ubiquitous and influential element of contemporary communication culture. His analysis considers the social and intellectual implications of the genre, focusing on the dynamic relationships between the aural, visual, and physical dimensions of PowerPoint presentations, as well as the diverse institutional contexts in which these presentations take place. Ultimately, Knoblauch argues that the parameters of the PowerPoint genre frames the ways in which information is presented, validated, and absorbed, with ambiguous consequences for the acquisition and transmission of knowledge. This original and timely book is relevant to scholars of communications, sociology, and education.

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About the Author

Hubert Knoblauch is a professor of sociology at the Technical University of Berlin.

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9780521197328: PowerPoint, Communication, and the Knowledge Society (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives)

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ISBN 10:  0521197325 ISBN 13:  9780521197328
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2012
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