Visualization – the Future of Scientific Communication? Some Comments in Connection with Veslava Osińska’s Book “Information Visualization. The Perspective of Information Science” Cover Image

Wizualizacja – przyszłością komunikacji naukowej? Kilka uwag w związku z książką Veslavy Osińskiej: Wizualizacja informacji. Studium informatologiczne
Visualization – the Future of Scientific Communication? Some Comments in Connection with Veslava Osińska’s Book “Information Visualization. The Perspective of Information Science”

Author(s): Andrzej Radomski
Subject(s): Book-Review
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: big data; digital humanities; InfoVis; large data; visualization

Summary/Abstract: One of the biggest problems is the large number of media research data – called big data. The old methods are completely unsuitable for testing new types of data.From more than a dozen dynamically develops digital humanities, which proposes new tools to study the big date, including visualization of information. In Poland this problem have not been the subject of much interest for researchers. This situation changed when, in 2016, the study Veslava Osińska Visualization of information was published. The book is intended for researchers in the field of information science, practitioners and representatives of each scientific field specializing in Infovis. Certainly the people sensitive to the beauty of infographics or novices looking for efficient ways of presenting large data sets will appreciate the current work.

  • Issue Year: 19/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 263-267
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Polish
Toggle Accessibility Mode