Comments on: The difference between visualizations and infographics. http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/12/05/the-difference-between-visualizations-and-infographics/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug Belshawhttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/12/05/the-difference-between-visualizations-and-infographics/comment-page-1/#comment-6291 Doug Belshaw Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:48:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3673#comment-6291 Thanks for the comment, Andy. You're absolutely right about questioning the neutrality of the author. I saw a shocking misrepresentational 'infographic' yesterday that implied that there was no way that a certain political party could win in the area I live. I endeavour to put the source of my information on the infographics I produce - and would encourage others to do likewise. :-) Thanks for the comment, Andy. You’re absolutely right about
questioning the neutrality of the author. I saw a shocking
misrepresentational ‘infographic’ yesterday that implied that there
was no way that a certain political party could win in the area I
live.

I endeavour to put the source of my information on the infographics I
produce – and would encourage others to do likewise. :-)

]]> By: Andy Coverdalehttp://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/12/05/the-difference-between-visualizations-and-infographics/comment-page-1/#comment-6290 Andy Coverdale Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:13:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3673#comment-6290 Hi Doug. I've enjoyed your recent posts on information visualisation and this is an interesting way of defining visualizations and infographics. I would suggest distinctions might be better determined by recognising the disciplines from which they originally evolved - computer sciences, mathematics and graphic design etc. - but I think these and related terms are becoming increasingly blurred anyway. In most forms of visualisation, the predominant purpose would seem to be to facilitate a more rapid or coherent understanding. Yet how often do we question the neutrality of either the author, the artistic or technological process they employ, or the visual and cultural metaphors they adopt? To quote from T S Elliott's The Rock; "Where is the wisdom we lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we lost in information?" As we become increasingly exposed to visual and multimodal forms of information, it is necessary we acquire the skills not only to understand the resulting artefacts, but to recognise the agencies and processes around which they are formed. Hi Doug. I’ve enjoyed your recent posts on information visualisation and this is an interesting way of defining visualizations and infographics. I would suggest distinctions might be better determined by recognising the disciplines from which they originally evolved – computer sciences, mathematics and graphic design etc. – but I think these and related terms are becoming increasingly blurred anyway. In most forms of visualisation, the predominant purpose would seem to be to facilitate a more rapid or coherent understanding. Yet how often do we question the neutrality of either the author, the artistic or technological process they employ, or the visual and cultural metaphors they adopt? To quote from T S Elliott’s The Rock; “Where is the wisdom we lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we lost in information?” As we become increasingly exposed to visual and multimodal forms of information, it is necessary we acquire the skills not only to understand the resulting artefacts, but to recognise the agencies and processes around which they are formed.

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