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Game-y information graphics

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1754024

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In this paper we explore the application of formal elements of games such as goals and scores to information graphics?so called "game-y" information graphics. In order to study how game-y aspects could engender exploration of a dataset, we built two versions of an information graphic, one without game elements and the other incorporating aspects of trivia games. Preliminary results based on a real world deployment of the graphics on a newspaper website suggest that the trivia game information graphic engendered increased exploration of the data space by users as compared to the regular version of the graphic.

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Ghidini ESantos CManssour ISilveira MGasparini IPiccolo LZaina LPereira R(2017)Analyzing Design Strategies for Narrative VisualizationProceedings of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3160504.3160538(1-10)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2017
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1. Human-centered computing

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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

2219 pages

ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

General Chairs:
Elizabeth Mynatt
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Don Schoner
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Geraldine Fitzpatrick
Vienna University of Technology
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Scott Hudson
Carnegie Mellon University
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Keith Edwards
Georgia Tech
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Tom Rodden
University of Nottingham

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Liem JPerin CWood J(2020)Structure and Empathy in Visual Data Storytelling: Evaluating their Influence on AttitudeComputer Graphics Forum10.1111/cgf.1398039:3(277-289)Online publication date: 18-Jul-2020
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Ghidini ESantos CManssour ISilveira MGasparini IPiccolo LZaina LPereira R(2017)Analyzing Design Strategies for Narrative VisualizationProceedings of the XVI Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3160504.3160538(1-10)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2017
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Rodríguez MNunes SDevezas THargood CMillard D(2015)Telling Stories with Data VisualizationProceedings of the 2015 Workshop on Narrative & Hypertext10.1145/2804565.2804567(7-11)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2804565.2804567
Figueiras A(2014)Narrative Visualization: A Case Study of How to Incorporate Narrative Elements in Existing Visualizations2014 18th International Conference on Information Visualisation10.1109/IV.2014.79(46-52)Online publication date: Jul-2014
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Diakopoulos NKivran-Swaine FNaaman MTan DFitzpatrick GGutwin CBegole BKellogg W(2011)Playable dataProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/1978942.1979193(1717-1726)Online publication date: 7-May-2011
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