Infographics: A Journalist's Guide, 1/e James Glen Stovall, University of Alabama Copyright 1997 * 178 pp. * Paper * ISBN: 0-205-26105-1 Order Code: T6105-5 * Single copy price: $32.00 US

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Summary

Infographics is the only book to provide descriptions and examples of the proper use of graphic forms to present information. It 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.
This book is designed to help students understand graphic forms and to use them effectively in communication activities.

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Features

• Categorizes infographics into five general types: Chart-based, Maps, Charts without numbers, Type-based, and Illustration-based.
  
  
• Provides particularly in-depth treatment of chart-based and type-based graphics. Discusses the uses of illustration for information purposes.
  
  
• Examines some of the common practices that result in errors in information graphics and tells how to avoid them.
  
  
• Carefully explains the do's and don't's of creating effective information graphics.
  
  
• Pedagogy includes case studies, chapter summaries, glossary, and more than 150 pictures, charts, and diagrams.
  
  

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Table Of Contents


1. Beyond the Paragraph.
Beyond the Words.
The Graphics Revolution.
Deadlines and the Graphic Journalist.
The Development of Infographics.
Developing an Award-Winning Graphic.
Disadvantages of Graphics.
Do Graphics Help the Reader?

2. Principles of Graphic Presentation.
Design Principles.
Conventions of Graphics.
The Good Graphic: Tips From the Pros.
Toward the Good Graphic.
Categorizing Infographics.

3. Chart-Based Graphics.
Representing Numerical Data.
Elements in a Chart.
Bar Charts.
Column Charts.
Line Charts.
The Tyranny of the Alphabet.
Pie Charts.

4. Maps.
The Modern Map.
Locator Maps.
Data Maps.
Developing a Map File.
Explanatory Maps.
Getting Creative.

5. Charts Without Numbers.
Process Charts.
Structure Charts.
Time Charts.
Building Charts.

6. Type-Based Graphics.
Development of Type.
Anatomy of Type.
Type on the Page.
Using Type.
Type as a Graphic Device.
Attention-getting Type.

7. Illustration-based Graphics.
Purpose of Illustration-based Graphics.
Creating Illustrations.
Profile of a Newspaper Illustrator.
Copyright: Swiping Ideas Without Breaking the Law.
Legal and Ethical Considerations.

8. Errors and Inaccuracy.
Sources of Error.
Common Practices.
Avoiding Error.

9. Making Graphics Work.
A General Approach to Developing Graphics.
Developing Graphics.
But My Newspaper is too Small to Have a Graphics Department.
Tips for the Small Newspaper That Wants to Get Into Graphics.
Procedures.
Principles.

Glossary

Index.

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Supplements

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