More Than Telling a Story: Transforming Data into Visually Shared Stories

• Published in: IEEE computer graphics and applications Vol. 35; no. 5; pp. 84 - 90
• Main Authors: Bongshin Lee, Riche, Nathalie Henry, Isenberg, Petra, Carpendale, Sheelagh
• Format: Magazine Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.09.2015; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Communicating; communication; Communities; Computer graphics; Context awareness; Data visualization; Media; narrative visualization; Narratives; Professional communication; Programming; storytelling; storytelling process; Turning; Visual; visual data story; Visualization
• ISSN: 0272-1716; 1558-1756; 1558-1756
• DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2015.99

The authors take a closer look at how the visualization community has discussed visual storytelling and present a visual data storytelling process, incorporating steps involved in finding insights (explore data), turning these insights into a narrative (make a story), and communicating this narrative to an audience (tell a story). They also discuss opportunities for future research in visualization as a storytelling medium in the light of this broader process.