Friday, November 5, 2010

Week 11 - Information Graphics

First - Ordinary Bar Graph

Second - 3D Colourful Graph
As stated by Klaus Krippendorff, (1986) in his book titled Information Theory - Structural Models for Qualitative Data, said that "All information quantities express differences between two distribution of frequencies or probabilites. When the sample size of these distribution is small, sampling biases may add to these differences". (p.53)

The above two example of a graph using the information form the Tutorial Exercise. I will not explain much on it. Both information graph is not really useful. What I had in mind is that in using of pictogram which will make it more interesting and easier to understand with out explain it more. I try to do the pictogram but still I cant manage to do it and I end it up like this. The 1st one is just an ordinary bar graph whereas the second graph is a bit 3D method of graph.

This is one of the example of information graph. From my point of view information graphic is very powerful in saving times. As an example the weather forecast, the news reader mostly use the graphic information and elaborate more based on the graphic. What come in mind is the journalist. I ever come with this graphical information in some seminar function, the Public Relations Officer giving the reporter the copy of the slide and this where the graph is no longer useful. Journalist will explain it on texts. Will the readers interested to read this kind of news article. No picture include. 

Bibliography:

Krippendorff, K. (1986). Information Theory - Structural Models for Qualitative Data. Sara Miller McCune, Sage Publications, Inc.

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