Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2010 Nov-Dec;16(6):1139-48. doi: 10.1109/TVCG.2010.179.
Data visualization is regularly promoted for its ability to reveal stories within data, yet these “data stories” differ in important ways from traditional forms of storytelling. Storytellers, especially online journalists, have increasingly been integrating visualizations into their narratives, in some cases allowing the visualization to function in place of a written story. In this paper, we systematically review the design space of this emerging class of visualizations. Drawing on case studies from news media to visualization research, we identify distinct genres of narrative visualization. We characterize these design differences, together with interactivity and messaging, in terms of the balance between the narrative flow intended by the author (imposed by graphical elements and the interface) and story discovery on the part of the reader (often through interactive exploration). Our framework suggests design strategies for narrative visualization, including promising under-explored approaches to journalistic storytelling and educational media.
数据可视化因其能够揭示数据中的故事而备受推崇，但这些“数据故事”在重要方面与传统形式的叙事有所不同。故事讲述者，尤其是在线记者，越来越多地将可视化内容融入到他们的叙述中，在某些情况下，甚至让可视化内容代替文字故事。在本文中，我们系统地回顾了这一新兴类别的可视化设计空间。通过从新闻媒体到可视化研究的案例研究，我们确定了叙事可视化的不同类型。我们根据作者（通过图形元素和界面强加）的叙事流程的平衡以及读者（通常通过交互式探索）的故事发现，来描述这些设计差异以及交互性和信息传递。我们的框架为叙事可视化提供了设计策略，包括有前途但尚未充分探索的新闻叙事和教育媒体方法。
