Re: [Air-l] Research on Effects of Power Point?

Does anyone know of research (formal or otherwise) on the effects of Power Point formatting on emerging writing styles, logical argumentation skills, or comprehension? I'd be grateful for any data for (or against) the current adage that "Power corrupts but Power Point corrupts absolutely."

On the "for" side, you may want to check out Edward Tufte's (who's acknowledged for the 'corruption" quote) very recent publication titled "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" ($7 on Tufte's site at http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp. I'm not sure that it includes any real research data, but I'm sure the argument will be interesting! Beth Mazur IDblog: http://idblog.org