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The social life of visualization

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In this paper we reframe the creation of information visualizations as a kind of interface design, where visualizations provide people with an interface onto a dataset in such a way that they can generate, understand, and ultimately communicate interpretations of the data in the form of narratives to other members of given social settings. The paper describes a three stage create--interpret--capture process [Figure 1] for the design of information visualizations. The work references existing interaction design patterns, interfaces, and theories of organizational behaviour that serve to illustrate the approach we have used.

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  • (2010)GeovisualisationProceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/1952222.1952304(368-371)Online publication date: 22-Nov-2010

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    OZCHI '09: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group: Design: Open 24/7
    November 2009
    445 pages
    ISBN:9781605588544
    DOI:10.1145/1738826
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    1. information visualization
    2. interaction design patterns
    3. object-centred social networks

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    • (2010)GeovisualisationProceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/1952222.1952304(368-371)Online publication date: 22-Nov-2010

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