Dissecting an Infographic – example of an infographic that looks good, but doesn’t represent the whole story.The Anatomy Of An Infographic: 5 Steps To Create A Powerful Visual is a great introduction to the process of creating a good infographic. Making choices about colors, design, and layout.Considering the audience and what they need/want to know.Creating a story line for presenting the information.Defining an issue & deciding what questions to ask.PROCESSĬreating an infographic pulls together many skills: Infographics as a Creative Assessment from Kathy Schrock on Vimeo. The beauty of data visualization: TED Talk by David McCandless Annual Library Usage Compared to Per Capita Expenditures – Data visualizations include a chart and a map.20 Inspiring Childrens Book quotes – Infographic, no data visualizations.To illustrate, look at these infographics: An infographic may present ideas, trends, information, but no real data. Charts and graphs that clearly present real data are data visualizations. An infographic may not include any actual data, while a data visualization must. The aim of an infographic is to parse what might be perceived as an overwhelming amount of information into manageable bites or small nuggets that transform text into memorable images and meaning.” (from Transliteracy Librarian )ĭata Visualization & Infographics? Is there a difference? A data visualization is really just a special type of infographic. “We are bombarded by slick images every minute of everyday. They helped me understand stories that were often beyond my reading level and pushed me to read and explore further. This topic makes me think back to the dark ages when I was a kid and infographics in newspapers and magazines often caught my eye. And carefully created representations of data and other information can help us quickly grasp what is being presented and communicate a message more effectively. Pictures really can be worth a thousand words.
But it’s only recently that easy to use (and free/cheap) tools for creating them have become available.
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Infographics, or ‘information graphics’, have been appearing in print, advertising, on tv news shows and more, for a very long time. Using graphics and text to present data and information in not a new idea.
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