Gráficos que cuentan historias: caracterización de infografías y visualizaciones narrativas a través de Pinterest

This paper aims to characterize visualization and infographics in narrative terms. First, specific definitions are given for 'visualization and infographics' and 'narrative' in the digital context. Then, a heuristic exploration through the visual discovery tool Pinterest and its...

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Autor: Herrera Ferrer, Raquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositorio:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/101917
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/101917
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Infographics
Visualizations
Narrative
Digital
Pinterest
Infografías
Visualizaciones
Narrativa
Computer graphics
Visualization
Infografia
Visualització
Gráficos de ordenador
Visualización
Descripción
Sumario:This paper aims to characterize visualization and infographics in narrative terms. First, specific definitions are given for 'visualization and infographics' and 'narrative' in the digital context. Then, a heuristic exploration through the visual discovery tool Pinterest and its boards (collections) and pins (images) system enables us to generate a qualitative and quantitative corpus of current visualization and infographics, and a second, more specific corpus of narrative ones. Content analysis of this selection indicates that journalism and cinema are the main thematic sources, and that annotated graphs and animations are the main formats of narrative visualization and infographics.