data storytelling - Information Matters

In a landscape saturated with data, the challenge lies in making information meaningful. How data is structured, visualized, and contextualized determines whether it merely informs or truly influences perception and decision-making. However, raw data alone does not communicate meaning. Traditional data visualizations, such as bar charts, scatter plots, and heat maps, often fail to engage audiences emotionally and cognitively. This is where data storytelling emerges as a transformative approach.

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May 2, 2024 Angelica Lo Duca

Can Infotainment and Data Storytelling Be Combined?

In recent years we have been witnessing more and more a spectacularisation of information, in the sense that we are no longer interested in the information itself but rather in the emotional reaction it produces in the audience that uses it. Hence, the term infotainment, which is the combination of two words: information and entertainment.

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June 21, 2023 Kate McDowell

Future Applications for Data Storytelling Toolkits

When it comes to translating data as evidence into compelling and memorable arguments, many people need some guidance about how to approach crafting a story. There is great potential for toolkits that would provide such guidance, giving advocates and data analysts tools for communicating data in story form. Data Storytelling is an emerging area in the information sciences, and the term as used here means any form of communication of data that uses narrative strategies or story structures.