Lecture 11

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

In recent years, the story telling potential of data visualization is being explored.
Politicians, activists and television reporters use interactive visualization for story telling.

Stories in text typically presents a set of events in a tightly controlled progression whereas visual data can do the same along with being interactive.

Currently most of the tools focus on data exploration and analysis.

As such, they provide powerful vehicles for crafting stories. For example, Many Eyes, Tableau and GeoTime Stories.

Question 2

Narrative Structure

Answer 2

An account of a series of events, facts, etc., given in order and with the establishing of connections between them.

Stories of this form often have a beginning, middle, and end: an introduction to the situation, a series of events often involving tension or conflict, and a resolution.

Question 3

Visual Narratives

Answer 3

Rooted in clear starting point.

Cultural factor like reading order (left-to-right or right-to-left) bias where people look first.

Question 4

Story Telling with Data Visualization

Answer 4

Though data visualization often evokes comparisons to storytelling, the relationship between the two is rarely articulated clearly.

Data is a part of story.

Story can probably be summed up with well-known
Who/What/Where/When/Why/How (Jonathan Harris)

Stories communicate information in a psychologically-efficient format, a central goal of visualization design.

Question 5

Review ALL GRAPHICS

Answer 5

Review ALL GRAPHICS