Open AccessEffective Visual Communication and Problematic Practices: The Case of the National Science Foundation’s Visualization Challenge
Author(s) -
Maria E. Gigante
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
iowa state university summer symposium on science communication
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.31274/sciencecommunication-180809-94
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , visualization , computer science , data visualization , data science , human–computer interaction , information visualization , engineering ethics , cognitive science , artificial intelligence , engineering , psychology , political science , law
The role that images can play in communicating science to non-experts is contingent on the rhetorical choices of the organizations using them as tools for public outreach. The National Science Foundation’s annual visualization competition illuminates the potential pitfalls of visual science communication and opens up for discussion issues of effectiveness and ethics.
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