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Re:Why We Hate Infographics by cscheid on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @09:03AM (#6437576)
And then there's this, about that paper: http://junkcharts.typepad.com/junk_charts/2010/05/8-red-flag...

Edit: And this http://junkcharts.typepad.com/numbersruleyourworld/2010/05/m...

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Re:Why We Hate Infographics by jimt67 on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @10:00AM (#6437891)
There are other studies (e.g., http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=6327... ) A Google Scholar search will turn up others...the HCI literature seems to prefer the term visual embellishments to chartjunk.
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