Scientific images and visualisations in Digital Age. From Science to Journalism
Scientific images and visualisations in Digital Age. From Science to Journalism

Summary/Abstract: Science imaging and visualization (SIV) studies how visual knowledge is produced, what is the role of the image in creating science knowledge and how images diffuse into nonacademic environments. SIVis also analyzing the intersections of different forms of (visual) knowledge. Analytic journalism is form of journalism that uses cognitive, visual and storytelling techniques. It aims at explaining and cre ating meaning on an issue or phenomenon.This type of journalism is not simply trying to communicate science, but to produce knowledge byretrieving and analyzing disparate information and constructing a critical discourse towards otherarguments and explanations. Digital data is identified, retrieved, analyzed and communicated via a variety of media. This paper’spurpose is to examine how several data visualization tools produce knowledge and to what extent they succeed to offer appropriate and reliable tools to present data from various fields.

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