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Using illustrations to improve communication: back to basics
Author(s) -
Hutchinson Barry
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1991.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , unit (ring theory) , sociology , media studies , computer science , psychology , mathematics education
Later in the gestation period, I was stimulated by a response to Race from Richard Lowe (1 990). Part of his article seems to me to be a thinly veiled defence of bad authorship. He claims “It is quite possible for a diagram to be crystal clear and rich with meaning for its author, yet almost incomprehensible to many readers.’ What sort of excuse is that? Why do we write articles in the first place if not to communicate our ideas? How can we justify part of that communication being ‘almost incomprehensible’? If we feel that a diagram may be conceptually difficult for the reader, we shouldn’t use it.