Infographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.

Infographics in social networks present more elaborate proposals than simple text. In this study we analyze the general patterns of Twitter infographic messages to determine its main characteristics. Subsequently, we conducted a test to compare learning differences when young people use infographic...

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Autores principales: Antoni Hernández-Fernández, Francesc Morera-Vidal
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:91eca999a05543879ef503a971a099b32021-12-05T09:43:52ZInfographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.10.5565/rev/grafica.2042339-75002014-9298https://doaj.org/article/91eca999a05543879ef503a971a099b32021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/grafica/article/view/204https://doaj.org/toc/2339-7500https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9298 Infographics in social networks present more elaborate proposals than simple text. In this study we analyze the general patterns of Twitter infographic messages to determine its main characteristics. Subsequently, we conducted a test to compare learning differences when young people use infographics instead of text as a source of information. Our findings suggest that while infographics are more effective than text for digitally mediated learning in young people, an analysis of age and gender subgroups showed that this effectiveness was only statistically significant for older people. Antoni Hernández-FernándezFrancesc Morera-VidalUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleInfographicsdigitally mediated learningboundary objectseffectivenessDrawing. Design. IllustrationNC1-1940CAENESGrafica: Documents de Disseny Gràfic, Iss EP (2021)
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collection DOAJ
language CA
EN
ES
topic Infographics
digitally mediated learning
boundary objects
effectiveness
Drawing. Design. Illustration
NC1-1940
spellingShingle Infographics
digitally mediated learning
boundary objects
effectiveness
Drawing. Design. Illustration
NC1-1940
Antoni Hernández-Fernández
Francesc Morera-Vidal
Infographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.
description Infographics in social networks present more elaborate proposals than simple text. In this study we analyze the general patterns of Twitter infographic messages to determine its main characteristics. Subsequently, we conducted a test to compare learning differences when young people use infographics instead of text as a source of information. Our findings suggest that while infographics are more effective than text for digitally mediated learning in young people, an analysis of age and gender subgroups showed that this effectiveness was only statistically significant for older people.
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author Antoni Hernández-Fernández
Francesc Morera-Vidal
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title Infographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.
title_short Infographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.
title_full Infographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.
title_fullStr Infographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.
title_full_unstemmed Infographics, a better medium than plain text for increasing knowledge.
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