Infographics

by Stovall, James Glen

• ISBN13: 9780205261055
• ISBN10: 0205261051
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Infographics is the only book to provide description and examples of the proper use of graphic forms to present information. This book presents an in-depth and straightforward approach to explaining the use of information graphics, offering coverage of a form of communication that is as important as writing. This book examines the development of information graphics in modern journalism and takes an in-depth and analytical look at all the major graphic forms that journalists use. It categorizes graphics into charts, charts without numbers, maps, type-based graphics, and illustration-based graphics and discusses the sub-categories of each. For professionals working in the field of journalism.

Table of Contents

1 BEYOND THE PARAGRAPH	1	(18)
Beyond the words	4	(1)
The graphics revolution	4	(3)
Deadlines and the graphic journalist	7	(2)
The development of infographics	9	(4)
Developing an award-winning graphic	13	(1)
Disadvantages of graphics	14	(1)
Do graphics help the reader?	15	(4)
2 PRINCIPLES OF GRAPHIC PRESENTATION	19	(16)
Design principles	20	(6)
Conventions of graphics	26	(4)
The good graphic: tips from the pros	30	(1)
Toward the good graphic	31	(2)
Categorizing infographics	33	(2)
3 CHART-BASED GRAPHICS	35	(26)
Representing numerical data	36	(1)
Elements in a chart	37	(4)
Bar charts	41	(6)
Column charts	47	(3)
Line charts	50	(5)
The tyranny of the alphabet	55	(1)
Pie charts	56	(5)
4 MAPS	61	(18)
The modern map	63	(2)
Locator maps	65	(3)
Data maps	68	(1)
Developing a map file	69	(6)
Explanatory maps	75	(2)
Getting creative	77	(2)
5 CHARTS WITHOUT NUMBERS	79	(14)
Process charts	80	(2)
Structure charts	82	(5)
Time charts	87	(3)
Building charts	90	(3)
6 TYPE-BASED GRAPHICS	93	(24)
Development of type	93	(5)
Anatomy of type	98	(2)
Type on the page	100	(2)
Using type	102	(4)
Type as a graphic device	106	(8)
Attention-getting type	114	(3)
7 ILLUSTRATION-BASED GRAPHICS	117	(20)
Purposes of illustration-based graphics	120	(7)
Creating illustrations	127	(2)
Profile of a newspaper illustrator	129	(2)
Copyright: swiping ideas without breaking the law	131	(1)
Legal and ethical considerations	132	(5)
8 ERRORS AND INACCURACY	137	(16)
Sources of error	140	(5)
Common practices	145	(7)
Avoiding error	152	(1)
9 MAKING GRAPHICS WORK	153	(10)
A general approach to developing graphics	154	(1)
Developing graphics	155	(1)
But my newspaper is too small to have a graphics department	156	(1)
Tips for the small newspaper that wants to get into graphics	157	(4)
Procedures	161	(1)
Principles	162	(1)
GLOSSARY	163	(10)
INDEX	173