The importance of accurate labels and annotations is drilled into researchers early in their careers, but the role they play in cinematic data visualizations aimed at broader audiences is rarely addressed. Eric A. Jensen, Kalina Borkiewicz, Jill P. Nai…
Category: data visualization
Introducing cinematic scientific visualization: A new frontier in science communication
Data and its visualizers have always exploited the latest trends in media and communication in its quest to make seemingly dull numbers engaging, affective and interesting. In this post Kalina Borkiewicz, Eric Jensen, Stuart Levy, Jill .P. Naiman, and …
“Words divide, pictures unite” – great historic examples of the use of data visualisation for research communication
Students, researchers and academics from across a variety of disciplines use data visualisations and infographics in their blogs and projects to better tell the stories in their data and enhance audience understanding. As part of a series previewing their new book Communicating Your Research with Social Media, Amy Mollett, Cheryl Brumley, Chris Gilson and Sierra Williams explore a short history […]