I like how the paper is formatted like an infographic/newspaper. One critique I have is that it is difficult to follow along. At first, I didn’t know where to read because there isn’t a clear format. After reading why it is important to get involved, I am more inclined to participate and vote. Initially, I had a bystander point of view. I don’t vote because I believed that if an issue was big enough, the people around me would vote to fix the issue. I agree that the use of infographics and visual cues are beneficial in simplifying information and getting a readers attention. Infographics should be the gateway for readers to explore and read more in depth about a specific topic. Aside from politics, I am seeing a rise in infographics in science and medicine. Science infographics are usually informing the public about safety and personal wellness. The only difference I can see is that medical infographics are used to inform the general public and don’t expect the readers to do further research into a specific topic. For example, there have been many infographics about COVID-19. Creators of the infographics do not expect the general public to look into the mechanism of COVID transmission and replication.
Visual Rhetoric is such a divisive field of study right now. The ability to convey information accurately and engagingly is a skill that relatively few possess but is so profoundly crucial for the digital age. Everything is competing for attention, the content and information that will stand out will be those that are visually interesting. If someone can’t understand something quickly, they would rather turn away and look at the next piece of content than stay and try to understand. Your project highlights this issue in such a good way. In a time with such misinformation and disinformation, it’s important that the right messaging is being used to get truth and accurate information out, especially during election season when misinformation can affect results.
I think the way you layed out your information was clean and concise. My favorite portion was the section about infographics in the news. News media is how most people get their information about what is going on in the world. When you said “[…] how the text and visuals are presented are large factors in whether the audience is willing to engage with them.” It made me think about so much information comes from so few news sources, it’s the ones who have managed to use visual rhetoric the best who come out on top.
I liked the format of your project as a newspaper. It is very fitting for your topic of infographics’ influence on politics. I also found your use of headings to be effective at guiding the reader through the piece and your argument. Each section had a clear purpose.
I think your topic is extremely relevant as well due to the nature of democracy. Having a well-informed and active voting population is essential to the continued success of a democracy, but it is very time-consuming to keep up to date with political news and data. Many people share articles after only reading the headlines. As you point out, infographics can help with this problem, making news consumption easier to understand and quicker.
I found your methods section discussing how infographics capture audiences with “immediacy, malleability, compellingness, resonance, and coherence” to be particularly fascinating. The impact infographics can have on audiences is often talked about, but how infographics actually accomplish these effects is often neglected. Your project highlights the methods of infographic in an informative matter. In the future, I will be sure to pay attention to ideas like resonance, coherence, and immediacy when I am communicating in any format. There are lessons any communicator can learn from infographics.
I also found your point about how infographics should be accompanied by articles due to their often inability to give the full picture to be important. My concern is that often added detail is not given to infographics and they are shared separately from articles. I wonder how one could discourage this from occurring. Adding watermarks to infographics?
Your topic choice was very unique and was an effective vessel to discuss concepts from throughout the semester. The presentation of your project in newspaper format was a smart choice. Political events and news make frequent appearances in newspapers, so providing that format helped prepare the reader’s mind for what they were going to read. In addition, breaking the text up into columns made the piece easier to read in general.
I’m glad that you depicted infographics as a learning tool for those who don’t know much about politics and get overwhelmed by long articles and papers (I am one of these people lol). Although these infographics can help teach the public about important political concepts, people also need to be aware that they can present data in a distorted fashion and promote the spread of false information. This occurrence can be harmful for those who don’t know much about politics. Entering the field unequipped can make it difficult for people to distinguish credible sources from incredible ones. The spread of false information in politics is dangerous because it will influence the state of our country and the way that people vote. I think connecting this idea to your work could be interesting. Great work overall!
Formatting your project as a newspaper article was perfect for your topic. Not only did it relate to the idea of infographics in politics, but it was also really effective at communicating your argument. Breaking up each page into subheadings made the information much easier to navigate as opposed to the traditional academic paper format. You managed to take an older style of writing and turn it into a visually pleasing web-text with a modern feel to it. I was immediately engaged with your project just after looking at the first page.
Infographics are so versatile. They can include pie charts, bar graphs, and figures. They can also include caricatures, maps, and drawings. I really enjoyed the various examples of infographics that you scattered throughout the article. Including such a wide variety of infographics strengthened the point you made at the end of your project: it is important to use both articles and infographics to educate people in politics. I would say that your use of infographics throughout this article did strengthen my connection to the subject matter. It also kept me engaged from start to finish. It was cool to see your research literally pay off as the article progressed.
I also loved how you focused your attention on infographics in politics. I find myself overwhelmed by much of what goes on in the political world. I struggle with incorporating statistics and data into my political knowledge, especially with topics such as debt and taxes. Your research is very convincing for someone who wants to better understand politics. Furthermore, your research is very useful for writers to keep in mind going forward. Hopefully journalists and news outlets will keep infographics in mind as they continue to inform their audiences in the future. Great work!
First off, I would like to say that the way you made your project look is super cool. Although I am usually not a fan of newspapers, I think your inclusion of images makes this really appealing and engaging. In my research, people are gravitating toward actually seeing news and not just reading it. I can see how infographics come into play here. I feel as though a lot of people are hesitant to become involved in politics, many of which do so because they simply don’t know enough. I can see how visualization and learning can help promote this participation.
I appreciated the statistics you gave in terms of people’s tendency to learn better with visual cues. It makes sense since visuals can give so much information and that we can actually process this information relatively easily and quickly over reading text. I would agree though, there are exceptions. When someone makes a visual or infographic with simply too much going on, it can be really hard to understand and follow. It usually disengages me and makes me not want to look at it. Making infographics is thus a skill, and definitely not a simple one.
I agree that we need more than just infographics. While they are useful, it is hard to grasp the full picture of the story with just infographics. Like you mentioned, doing too much in an infographic is not useful. That’s why I can see why you said there is still a need for articles and journals.
The newspaper format you used was a great choice to present your project! With small broken-up paragraphs and small illustrations of infographics here and there, it made the read very enjoyable. Furthermore, I thought your addition of bigger and bolded titled fonts helped emphasize that you will be moving to another topic and kept the project organized. You also switched to another font for subtopics that still differentiated it from the actual text. The mixture of these features in your paper made it easier on the eyes and certainly drew me in.
In regards to infographics, I agree with many of the arguments you made as I feel that if one was trying to emphasize the comparison of certain statistics, people often find it more significant if they visually see the differences in numbers. For examples, saying “10 people reported that they prefer apples while 30 prefer oranges” would have less of an effect compared to an infographic showing a bar graph with the oranges line exceeding the apples. I hope this makes sense haha. Moreover, I found it interesting when you brought up citing information to develop credibility. Now that you bring it up, if a peer-reviewed journal was cited, I would trust the information more as I know the information is coming from a credible source itself.
I also agreed with the fact that both text and infographics cannot stand alone. If there’s too much text, the attention of readers, especially those online, will disappear rapidly. However, if there are only just pictures, it is not enough to become educated in the topic you are interested in. I do think though that infographics could certainly be a great introductory tool to a certain topic as it seems like its highlighting the key concepts to provide general context. Overall, I thought your project was very well done!
Hi Erika,
I loved how you presented your information in a newspaper article template form as it immediately caught my attention and I liked how everything was structured with topics and subtopics so I could easily navigate the whole piece and at the same time, it connected to your topic.
I found your “How to Get Involved” piece very interesting since I didn’t think of the other ways to get involved that you presented such as holding discussions. In addition, I liked how you made me understand the significance of political participation because you made me understand that it affects my life as well and also helped to offer a solution for it.
I really liked the “Putting it Together” section since you brought all the information together and expanded further and allowed a solution as to what is next and what should be done. The use of images and examples of infographics throughout the presentation was also something that I really liked since it helped emphasize your points and it was a great visual representation.
I am really impressed with your project. This looks like it took a lot of work, but it is worth it. In terms of formatting, using an infographic was a great idea. It perfectly captures your topic in a way that is easy to understand. You were able to keep me engaged throughout. You mention that readers get lost in long text and that it is better to break it up with visuals. You do just that!
I agree that visuals are very important for comprehension. I find myself looking at the visuals more than the text. It allows people to engage more. Politics can be very confusing, especially when it comes to elections, bills, and laws. Infographics can definitely help people understand. I remember in middle and high school social studies, my teachers would always introduce the units with infographics. They helped to engage the class in the material that is usually very text heavy.
I did not realize how much goes into an infographic. It takes a lot of work to clearly and effectively share data with people. I think that you were able to accomplish this in your project. As soon as I clicked on your link, I was already engaged with it.
I really like the structure of your project and I thought it was super original. I genuinely enjoyed your implementation of infographics especially considering your topic — I feel like you were effectively able to demonstrate the power infographics having conveying information. How do you specially like the points where you use the infographics to overshadow the text and demonstrate how they are magnitudes more captivating than the neighboring text.
I feel like infographics can be extremely useful to educate the general public regarding a relatively complex problem, but definitely need The proper observant perspective to prevent extrapolation and improper interpretation of data. So, I feel like you’re doing a big service by educating and exposing your audience to this powerful educating tool.
From the time I saw your first draft in this format, I was so excited. I love that you stuck with the newspaper format. The mix of the old-style format and a topic set in the new-age helps to put the entire topic in context and remind the reader of some of the historical context.
This project, along with the other projects that have been done on infographics and visual rhetoric, has forced me to consider the infographics I once passed over while scrolling in a new light. I liked that you highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of infographics. This part especially made me reconsider some of the infographics I have come across by examining them in a way that considers what could be done better–rather than disregarding the entire image and its message.
I found your project to be extremely relevant to both our class and our generation. I really appreciated how you formatted your writing into smaller chunks of text and found it reminiscent of a traditional newspaper. You definitely had a lot of information to present, and the way you split up your text was highly effective in keeping me engaged as a reader.
I definitely agree with your point that infographics and text must come as a pair to complement each other. Interestingly enough, I resonated with the news article readers that you cited in your “Infographics in the News’ ‘ subsection, who said that they placed more emphasis on the text in an article than the visuals. I think part of this is because of the traditional thinking that images supplement text, instead of the idea that images and text complement each other.
Overall, I agree that infographics can be a great introductory guideline to a topic, but must be followed up with explanatory text to fully tie all the ideas together. I think that you did an amazing job of doing just that by placing infographics throughout your newspaper and following them up with a greater-detailed explanation. Wonderful job!
Wow, Erika. From the second I opened up the link to your project, I was amazed at how beautifully it was presented. It looks professionally done. Would love to know if you have created infographics before.
I related to the information presented in your project so much. I was definitely overwhelmed when I first started looking into politics. My only goal was to better educate myself on current policies and the stances of those running for election since it was before a major election. But the more I looked into topics and opinions, the more confused I was. There are too many opinions stated on the Internet as facts, and knowing that nearly all media is biased made it difficult to get a general understanding of many issues.
I wholeheartedly agree with the statement that infographics are memorable and appealing. I would much rather explore an infographic than read an article about the topic. Of course as you mentioned, they cannot stand alone if the reader wants a more detailed understanding. But it can certainly be used as a start for piquing interest. I certainly hope to see more infographics in politics as well as other fields where information must be presented.
I really like the way you structured your project. It looks like a newspaper and it is very appealing to the eye. The format of your paper really engages your topic of talking about infographics’ influence on politics. I think that breaking your sections into columns also helped with providing your information. It was easier to read and understand. I agree with your statement that people find it more interesting and significant if they something visually. I feel that something is easier to learn if shown visually, myself included. I also agree with your statement that infographics hold the power of capturing, teaching, and the recollection of information to its audience. I think that infographics are a necessity for people to learn about politics and gain interest.
I love the format of your project! I like that it looks like a newspaper because you discuss how people nowadays are having trouble reading news related stuff because it’s dense and difficult to understand. If I were to pick up a newspaper, I would probably zone out a few sentences in and give up. However, if I had the same information presented through a simple infographic, it would grab my attention and I would understand it easily. Later in your project, you elaborated on the fact that infographics and text together are more effective than each one presented separately. Your entire project reflected this idea because you had infographics and text together, proving it to be effective. After transitioning back to in-person classes, I feel that my attention span for reading has gotten worse since I didn’t really need to worry about my attention span when I had classes online. So, I think there is a need for making information more digestible by having a combination of infographics and text.
I loved how your project turned out. It was awesome to watch your vision slowly come to life in a way that I feel you crushed this project. My major concern with your topic had always been that I thought infographics were a quick, yet effective way to get a message across, but that they lacked the context and that there needed to be more. You covered this concern very well and agreed that there needed to be more info or at least a hyperlink with more info for some of the more dense infographics. All in all, your project to to presentation was awesome.
I liked how all-encompassing your project felt, as it feels like a reflection of what infographics are like in reality. They’re a creative way of representing data and information, and you took many different approaches to represent your information in the smaller infographics scattered throughout your project. That feels like an effective way of showing the reader the different ways that infographics can be used, and its versatility plays a big role in what makes infographics so effective. I really loved how you formatted your creative project, almost like a newspaper. I think that for many people in the class, it’s been so long since we physically held a newspaper in our hands, so it feels like an ironically creative way to present your information. I was wondering if you considered using canva for this; I’m not sure if they have templates for newspapers, but I think that might have helped with formatting. I’m not sure if some of the images got distorted when you converted your project into a PDF, but I think canva could’ve helped with preventing that. Finally, I thought your exploration of infographics and politics was really powerful because infographics can so easily be manipulated to perpetuate a certain agenda. We see that all the time in today’s political climate, where data is so easily misrepresented to support beliefs or sentiment that shouldn’t hold any credence in our society.
I like how the paper is formatted like an infographic/newspaper. One critique I have is that it is difficult to follow along. At first, I didn’t know where to read because there isn’t a clear format. After reading why it is important to get involved, I am more inclined to participate and vote. Initially, I had a bystander point of view. I don’t vote because I believed that if an issue was big enough, the people around me would vote to fix the issue. I agree that the use of infographics and visual cues are beneficial in simplifying information and getting a readers attention. Infographics should be the gateway for readers to explore and read more in depth about a specific topic. Aside from politics, I am seeing a rise in infographics in science and medicine. Science infographics are usually informing the public about safety and personal wellness. The only difference I can see is that medical infographics are used to inform the general public and don’t expect the readers to do further research into a specific topic. For example, there have been many infographics about COVID-19. Creators of the infographics do not expect the general public to look into the mechanism of COVID transmission and replication.
Visual Rhetoric is such a divisive field of study right now. The ability to convey information accurately and engagingly is a skill that relatively few possess but is so profoundly crucial for the digital age. Everything is competing for attention, the content and information that will stand out will be those that are visually interesting. If someone can’t understand something quickly, they would rather turn away and look at the next piece of content than stay and try to understand. Your project highlights this issue in such a good way. In a time with such misinformation and disinformation, it’s important that the right messaging is being used to get truth and accurate information out, especially during election season when misinformation can affect results.
I think the way you layed out your information was clean and concise. My favorite portion was the section about infographics in the news. News media is how most people get their information about what is going on in the world. When you said “[…] how the text and visuals are presented are large factors in whether the audience is willing to engage with them.” It made me think about so much information comes from so few news sources, it’s the ones who have managed to use visual rhetoric the best who come out on top.
I liked the format of your project as a newspaper. It is very fitting for your topic of infographics’ influence on politics. I also found your use of headings to be effective at guiding the reader through the piece and your argument. Each section had a clear purpose.
I think your topic is extremely relevant as well due to the nature of democracy. Having a well-informed and active voting population is essential to the continued success of a democracy, but it is very time-consuming to keep up to date with political news and data. Many people share articles after only reading the headlines. As you point out, infographics can help with this problem, making news consumption easier to understand and quicker.
I found your methods section discussing how infographics capture audiences with “immediacy, malleability, compellingness, resonance, and coherence” to be particularly fascinating. The impact infographics can have on audiences is often talked about, but how infographics actually accomplish these effects is often neglected. Your project highlights the methods of infographic in an informative matter. In the future, I will be sure to pay attention to ideas like resonance, coherence, and immediacy when I am communicating in any format. There are lessons any communicator can learn from infographics.
I also found your point about how infographics should be accompanied by articles due to their often inability to give the full picture to be important. My concern is that often added detail is not given to infographics and they are shared separately from articles. I wonder how one could discourage this from occurring. Adding watermarks to infographics?
Hey Erika,
Your topic choice was very unique and was an effective vessel to discuss concepts from throughout the semester. The presentation of your project in newspaper format was a smart choice. Political events and news make frequent appearances in newspapers, so providing that format helped prepare the reader’s mind for what they were going to read. In addition, breaking the text up into columns made the piece easier to read in general.
I’m glad that you depicted infographics as a learning tool for those who don’t know much about politics and get overwhelmed by long articles and papers (I am one of these people lol). Although these infographics can help teach the public about important political concepts, people also need to be aware that they can present data in a distorted fashion and promote the spread of false information. This occurrence can be harmful for those who don’t know much about politics. Entering the field unequipped can make it difficult for people to distinguish credible sources from incredible ones. The spread of false information in politics is dangerous because it will influence the state of our country and the way that people vote. I think connecting this idea to your work could be interesting. Great work overall!
Formatting your project as a newspaper article was perfect for your topic. Not only did it relate to the idea of infographics in politics, but it was also really effective at communicating your argument. Breaking up each page into subheadings made the information much easier to navigate as opposed to the traditional academic paper format. You managed to take an older style of writing and turn it into a visually pleasing web-text with a modern feel to it. I was immediately engaged with your project just after looking at the first page.
Infographics are so versatile. They can include pie charts, bar graphs, and figures. They can also include caricatures, maps, and drawings. I really enjoyed the various examples of infographics that you scattered throughout the article. Including such a wide variety of infographics strengthened the point you made at the end of your project: it is important to use both articles and infographics to educate people in politics. I would say that your use of infographics throughout this article did strengthen my connection to the subject matter. It also kept me engaged from start to finish. It was cool to see your research literally pay off as the article progressed.
I also loved how you focused your attention on infographics in politics. I find myself overwhelmed by much of what goes on in the political world. I struggle with incorporating statistics and data into my political knowledge, especially with topics such as debt and taxes. Your research is very convincing for someone who wants to better understand politics. Furthermore, your research is very useful for writers to keep in mind going forward. Hopefully journalists and news outlets will keep infographics in mind as they continue to inform their audiences in the future. Great work!
First off, I would like to say that the way you made your project look is super cool. Although I am usually not a fan of newspapers, I think your inclusion of images makes this really appealing and engaging. In my research, people are gravitating toward actually seeing news and not just reading it. I can see how infographics come into play here. I feel as though a lot of people are hesitant to become involved in politics, many of which do so because they simply don’t know enough. I can see how visualization and learning can help promote this participation.
I appreciated the statistics you gave in terms of people’s tendency to learn better with visual cues. It makes sense since visuals can give so much information and that we can actually process this information relatively easily and quickly over reading text. I would agree though, there are exceptions. When someone makes a visual or infographic with simply too much going on, it can be really hard to understand and follow. It usually disengages me and makes me not want to look at it. Making infographics is thus a skill, and definitely not a simple one.
I agree that we need more than just infographics. While they are useful, it is hard to grasp the full picture of the story with just infographics. Like you mentioned, doing too much in an infographic is not useful. That’s why I can see why you said there is still a need for articles and journals.
The newspaper format you used was a great choice to present your project! With small broken-up paragraphs and small illustrations of infographics here and there, it made the read very enjoyable. Furthermore, I thought your addition of bigger and bolded titled fonts helped emphasize that you will be moving to another topic and kept the project organized. You also switched to another font for subtopics that still differentiated it from the actual text. The mixture of these features in your paper made it easier on the eyes and certainly drew me in.
In regards to infographics, I agree with many of the arguments you made as I feel that if one was trying to emphasize the comparison of certain statistics, people often find it more significant if they visually see the differences in numbers. For examples, saying “10 people reported that they prefer apples while 30 prefer oranges” would have less of an effect compared to an infographic showing a bar graph with the oranges line exceeding the apples. I hope this makes sense haha. Moreover, I found it interesting when you brought up citing information to develop credibility. Now that you bring it up, if a peer-reviewed journal was cited, I would trust the information more as I know the information is coming from a credible source itself.
I also agreed with the fact that both text and infographics cannot stand alone. If there’s too much text, the attention of readers, especially those online, will disappear rapidly. However, if there are only just pictures, it is not enough to become educated in the topic you are interested in. I do think though that infographics could certainly be a great introductory tool to a certain topic as it seems like its highlighting the key concepts to provide general context. Overall, I thought your project was very well done!
Hi Erika,
I loved how you presented your information in a newspaper article template form as it immediately caught my attention and I liked how everything was structured with topics and subtopics so I could easily navigate the whole piece and at the same time, it connected to your topic.
I found your “How to Get Involved” piece very interesting since I didn’t think of the other ways to get involved that you presented such as holding discussions. In addition, I liked how you made me understand the significance of political participation because you made me understand that it affects my life as well and also helped to offer a solution for it.
I really liked the “Putting it Together” section since you brought all the information together and expanded further and allowed a solution as to what is next and what should be done. The use of images and examples of infographics throughout the presentation was also something that I really liked since it helped emphasize your points and it was a great visual representation.
Hi Erika,
I am really impressed with your project. This looks like it took a lot of work, but it is worth it. In terms of formatting, using an infographic was a great idea. It perfectly captures your topic in a way that is easy to understand. You were able to keep me engaged throughout. You mention that readers get lost in long text and that it is better to break it up with visuals. You do just that!
I agree that visuals are very important for comprehension. I find myself looking at the visuals more than the text. It allows people to engage more. Politics can be very confusing, especially when it comes to elections, bills, and laws. Infographics can definitely help people understand. I remember in middle and high school social studies, my teachers would always introduce the units with infographics. They helped to engage the class in the material that is usually very text heavy.
I did not realize how much goes into an infographic. It takes a lot of work to clearly and effectively share data with people. I think that you were able to accomplish this in your project. As soon as I clicked on your link, I was already engaged with it.
Overall, I really enjoyed reading your project.
Hey Erika,
I really like the structure of your project and I thought it was super original. I genuinely enjoyed your implementation of infographics especially considering your topic — I feel like you were effectively able to demonstrate the power infographics having conveying information. How do you specially like the points where you use the infographics to overshadow the text and demonstrate how they are magnitudes more captivating than the neighboring text.
I feel like infographics can be extremely useful to educate the general public regarding a relatively complex problem, but definitely need The proper observant perspective to prevent extrapolation and improper interpretation of data. So, I feel like you’re doing a big service by educating and exposing your audience to this powerful educating tool.
From the time I saw your first draft in this format, I was so excited. I love that you stuck with the newspaper format. The mix of the old-style format and a topic set in the new-age helps to put the entire topic in context and remind the reader of some of the historical context.
This project, along with the other projects that have been done on infographics and visual rhetoric, has forced me to consider the infographics I once passed over while scrolling in a new light. I liked that you highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of infographics. This part especially made me reconsider some of the infographics I have come across by examining them in a way that considers what could be done better–rather than disregarding the entire image and its message.
Hi Erika,
I found your project to be extremely relevant to both our class and our generation. I really appreciated how you formatted your writing into smaller chunks of text and found it reminiscent of a traditional newspaper. You definitely had a lot of information to present, and the way you split up your text was highly effective in keeping me engaged as a reader.
I definitely agree with your point that infographics and text must come as a pair to complement each other. Interestingly enough, I resonated with the news article readers that you cited in your “Infographics in the News’ ‘ subsection, who said that they placed more emphasis on the text in an article than the visuals. I think part of this is because of the traditional thinking that images supplement text, instead of the idea that images and text complement each other.
Overall, I agree that infographics can be a great introductory guideline to a topic, but must be followed up with explanatory text to fully tie all the ideas together. I think that you did an amazing job of doing just that by placing infographics throughout your newspaper and following them up with a greater-detailed explanation. Wonderful job!
Wow, Erika. From the second I opened up the link to your project, I was amazed at how beautifully it was presented. It looks professionally done. Would love to know if you have created infographics before.
I related to the information presented in your project so much. I was definitely overwhelmed when I first started looking into politics. My only goal was to better educate myself on current policies and the stances of those running for election since it was before a major election. But the more I looked into topics and opinions, the more confused I was. There are too many opinions stated on the Internet as facts, and knowing that nearly all media is biased made it difficult to get a general understanding of many issues.
I wholeheartedly agree with the statement that infographics are memorable and appealing. I would much rather explore an infographic than read an article about the topic. Of course as you mentioned, they cannot stand alone if the reader wants a more detailed understanding. But it can certainly be used as a start for piquing interest. I certainly hope to see more infographics in politics as well as other fields where information must be presented.
I really like the way you structured your project. It looks like a newspaper and it is very appealing to the eye. The format of your paper really engages your topic of talking about infographics’ influence on politics. I think that breaking your sections into columns also helped with providing your information. It was easier to read and understand. I agree with your statement that people find it more interesting and significant if they something visually. I feel that something is easier to learn if shown visually, myself included. I also agree with your statement that infographics hold the power of capturing, teaching, and the recollection of information to its audience. I think that infographics are a necessity for people to learn about politics and gain interest.
I love the format of your project! I like that it looks like a newspaper because you discuss how people nowadays are having trouble reading news related stuff because it’s dense and difficult to understand. If I were to pick up a newspaper, I would probably zone out a few sentences in and give up. However, if I had the same information presented through a simple infographic, it would grab my attention and I would understand it easily. Later in your project, you elaborated on the fact that infographics and text together are more effective than each one presented separately. Your entire project reflected this idea because you had infographics and text together, proving it to be effective. After transitioning back to in-person classes, I feel that my attention span for reading has gotten worse since I didn’t really need to worry about my attention span when I had classes online. So, I think there is a need for making information more digestible by having a combination of infographics and text.
Hey Erika,
I loved how your project turned out. It was awesome to watch your vision slowly come to life in a way that I feel you crushed this project. My major concern with your topic had always been that I thought infographics were a quick, yet effective way to get a message across, but that they lacked the context and that there needed to be more. You covered this concern very well and agreed that there needed to be more info or at least a hyperlink with more info for some of the more dense infographics. All in all, your project to to presentation was awesome.
Erika,
I liked how all-encompassing your project felt, as it feels like a reflection of what infographics are like in reality. They’re a creative way of representing data and information, and you took many different approaches to represent your information in the smaller infographics scattered throughout your project. That feels like an effective way of showing the reader the different ways that infographics can be used, and its versatility plays a big role in what makes infographics so effective. I really loved how you formatted your creative project, almost like a newspaper. I think that for many people in the class, it’s been so long since we physically held a newspaper in our hands, so it feels like an ironically creative way to present your information. I was wondering if you considered using canva for this; I’m not sure if they have templates for newspapers, but I think that might have helped with formatting. I’m not sure if some of the images got distorted when you converted your project into a PDF, but I think canva could’ve helped with preventing that. Finally, I thought your exploration of infographics and politics was really powerful because infographics can so easily be manipulated to perpetuate a certain agenda. We see that all the time in today’s political climate, where data is so easily misrepresented to support beliefs or sentiment that shouldn’t hold any credence in our society.