PARTS OF AN INFOGRAPHICS
Informative
infographics are similar to academic texts in that it contains factual
information. The purpose may vary from informing to explaining, arguing,
appealing or others. To interpret
content of an infographic, you need to begin with previewing the text
An
infographic is a visual representation of information. It uses images and
texts to communicate messages to the reader in a concise and strategic
manner. There are four important parts of an infographic. Knowing them well
can help you read and create infographic more easily. They are;
The first impressions
¾ In
the first place, as a visual media, infographic should representative to the
message it intends to communicate with readers;
¾ Images,
colors, font types and sizes, as well as words and numbers can be used to
create the intended mood.
¾ Readers
can get the mood from the first things they are able to notice in the text.
The story
¾ The
title of infographic informs reader of the story presented in its content.
¾ Therefore,
content of infographic should consists of supporting details that are
relevant to its title.
¾ The
key information or the main points of the message is commonly presented in
larger fonts and/or striking color.
The data
¾ Supporting
details in infographics consist of data. They are commonly presented in
groups of words or graphic organizers such as tables, charts or diagrams
¾ The
data can be presented in varied forms —numbers, images, texts, or in
combination— and ways — chronological, alphabetical, geographical,
categorical, hierarchically.
¾ In
addition to well-structured presentation of information, reliability of
information is important as well. Therefore, it is required for authors to
include details on the source of information used to build up the
infographic.
The
strategy
¾ Effective
infographic will be built using particular strategy that is dependent on its
purpose and the typed of data used.
¾ On
the other hand, effective interpretation of infographcis will be built upon
readers’ understanding of these strategies.
Reference
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N. (2013). Poster Project. SlidePlayer. Retrieved from http://slideplayer.com/slide/4343545/
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A Let’s
check how much you understand what is discussed in the text. Have a quick look
at Infographic
4 and Infographic 5 to get your First
impression on them.
What
is the first thing that catches your eyes? Can you immediately get the
impression of the thing that the text title suggests?
Go back to the infographics and do a closer reading on them
to find answers to the questions that follow.
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1
First
impression: What is the first thing
that catches your eye? What might this tell you about what you are looking at?
The
first thing that catches my eyes is the picture of the plate. There are some
groups of food on the plate that we can choose. The picture tell that we should
have the right portion of food and eat various good food in our daily meal to
keep our health.
2
Title:
What is the title? Does that reinforce your thoughts regarding what you thought
this was about, or change them?
The title is “The eatwell plate” and
“For Health..eat some food from each group..everyday!”
The
title reinforce my thoughts that they are about right portion
and various food for maintaining the good health.
3
The story:
What is the story that the infographic is trying to tell? Is it just a
visualization, does it show change over time, is it comparing and contrasting?
It tells about the amount of food we should eat with
grouping. It is comparing the kind of food we should
eat in right portion.
4
Patterns:
What are the patterns and connections visible in the infographic?
They are a categorial infographic
with text and image.
5
Numbers:
What is the quantitative information presented in the infographic? What does it
tell you?
The quantitative information of the
infographic is described with a plate by dividing the the food into
some groups with the right portion. The information is about the amount of food
we should take by comparing with other food.
6
Data:
What is the data source? Use your claim testers to determine if this data
source if valid and trustworthy.
It is from Department of Health
(Government) and we can check it by visiting the government website.
7
Audience:
Why do you think the author(s) chose to present the information in this way?
Who is their audience?
To persuade the readers to eatwell in each day. The people
in general especially people who care for their health.
8
Summarize:
Summarize the infographic in a few sentences. What is the gist of the
infographic and the most important take away points?
The
Infographic informs us to eat well for maintaining good health. We can use ‘the
eatwell plate’ to help us get the balance right. The plate shows how much of
food we should eat from each food group. We should eat food from each group on
the eatwell plate in the right portion each day.
When you finish, check your answers with the key answer.
B
Read Infographic 6 and answer the
questions that follow.
Infographic 6[3]
The emergence of
pandemic influenza A virus strains mechanisms
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1
First impression: What
is the first thing that catches your eyes? What might this tell you about what
you are looking at?
The first thing that catches my eyes is about the swine
that contributes most in pandemic influenza A virus.
2
Title: What
is the title? Does that reinforce your thoughts regarding what you thought this
was about, or change them?
The title is The
emergence of pandemic influenza A virus strains mechanisms.
3
The story: What
is the story that the infographic is trying to tell? Is it just a visualization,
does it show change over time, is it comparing and contrasting?
The infographic is not
just visualization. It tells the mechanism how the influenza A virus spread in
the environment.
4
Patterns:What
are the patterns and connections visible in the infographic?
It is a chronological text and images.
5
Numbers: What
is the quantitative information presented in the infographic? What does it tell
you?
I couldn’t find the
quantitative information at this infographic because there is no numbers information.
6
Data: What
is the data source? Use your claim testers to determine if this data source if
valid and trustworthy.
It is from Nature
Publishing Group in 2006. I think it is valid because of the legal institution.
7
Audience: Why
do you think the author(s) chose to present the information in this way? Who is
their audience?
The author presents
that information in order to inform the readers about the mechanism of this
virus. The audiences are people in general, health stakeholders, and breeders.
8
Summarize: Summarize
the infographic in a few sentences. What is the gist of the infographic and the
most important take away points?
Influenza A viruses of
swine and avian have infected humans with each of these so-called zoonotic
infections provides an opportunity for virus adaptation to the new host.
Fortunately, most of these human infections do not yield viruses with the
ability of sustained human-to-human transmission.
When you finish, check your answers with the key answer.
C
Read Infographic 7 and
answer the questions that follow.
Infographic 7[4]
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1
First impression: What
is the first thing that catches your eyes? What might this tell you about what
you are looking at?
The first thing that
catches my eyes is the colors that used in the map. They might tell us about
the reading habits in the country.
2
Title: What
is the title? Does that reinforce your thoughts regarding what you thought this
was about, or change them?
The title is “Readers
round the world”.
3
The story: What
is the story that the infographic is trying to tell? Is it just a
visualization, does it show change over time, is it comparing and contrasting?
It tells about the
reading habits are depending on the country. It contains texts and images
comparing the reading habits depending the country.
4
Patterns:What
are the patterns and connections visible in the infographic?
The patterns are
chronological, geographical, and categorical with numbers and image.
5
Numbers: What
is the quantitative information presented in the infographic? What does it tell
you?
It is presented with
the percentage of reading habits depending the country. It tells me about
reading habits with time of reading, the type of book, gender, and age.
6
Data: What
is the data source? Use your claim testers to determine if this data source if
valid and trustworthy.
It is from Superjob.ru. It should be
checked by visiting the website to find out the validity.
7
Audience: Why
do you think the author(s) chose to present the information in this way? Who is
their audience?
To describe and
compare the reading habits of readers around the world depending on the
country. The audiences are from general people, especially academics,
govenrment, librarian, book publisher and writers
8
Summarize: Summarize
the infographic in a few sentences. What is the gist of the infographic and the
most important take away points?
It shows us
the reading habits are depending on the country you live in. This
infographic presents most avid readers in the world. In India, people spend
with a book more than 10 hours a week. In the top five countries, there are
also Thailand, China, Philippines, Egypt, and the Czech Republic. United States
is in the fourth group (marked in yellow color), together with Canada, Germany,
and Italy. Readers in these countries read between 5 and 6 hours a week.
When you finish, check your answers with the key answer.
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