Not just a pretty picture: Scientific fact visualisation styles, preferences, confidence and recall

IF 1.8 4区 计算机科学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Information Visualization Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI:10.1177/14738716211027587
E. Walsh, G. Sargent, W. Grant
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Visuals are often used to enhance learning of scientific information. The recent emergence and popularity of comic-style instruction books for adults, such as the ‘manga guide to …’, shows the possibility of comic style visualisations for the communication of science with adults. This study investigates whether the addition and style of visual accompaniment of scientific information, as used in comic books, influences immediate and short-term fact recall in an adult audience. Participants (n = 310 aged 18–79, 52% identified as female) were presented 20 general science facts in one of five styles: (1) text alone, (2) photo with text caption, (3) cartoon with text caption, (4) photo with explanatory agent and a speech bubble, (5) cartoon with explanatory agent and a speech bubble. Immediate recall, and confidence in that recall, was tested following a brief distractor. Participants indicated their preferred presentation style, and short-term recall was tested by a final quiz of all 20 facts. Overall, the most preferred presentation style was cartoon with explanatory agent and text in a speech bubble (26% preferred). There was no single most effective presentation style; there was no significant difference in immediate recall, short term recall or confidence in answers depending on whether the fact was presented as text, photo or cartoon, or the presence or absence of an explanatory agent. However, immediate recall was significantly better when preference was met (p < 0.02). We found that the style of visual accompaniment of scientific information in accordance with the ‘manga guide to…’ format influenced immediate, but not short-term, fact recall in an adult audience when written English literacy, scientific literacy and non-verbal intelligence were taken into account. Short term recall of scientific facts may best be served by presenting facts in multiple styles, or enquiring about and then meeting participant preference for visual accompaniment.
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不仅仅是一张漂亮的图片:科学事实的视觉化风格、偏好、自信和回忆
视觉通常被用来增强对科学信息的学习。最近出现并流行的成人漫画风格的指导书,如“…的漫画指南”,表明了漫画风格的可视化在与成年人交流科学方面的可能性。本研究调查了漫画书中科学信息视觉伴奏的添加和风格是否会影响成年观众的即时和短期事实回忆。参与者(n = 310名年龄在18-79岁之间,52%为女性)以五种风格之一呈现了20个一般科学事实:(1)单独的文本,(2)带文本说明的照片,(3)带文本注释的漫画,(4)带解释剂和语音气泡的照片。在短暂的干扰后,测试了即时回忆和对回忆的信心。参与者指出了他们喜欢的演讲风格,并通过对所有20个事实的期末测验来测试短期回忆。总体而言,最喜欢的演讲风格是带有解释剂的卡通和演讲气泡中的文本(26%的人喜欢)。没有一种最有效的表达方式;即时回忆、短期回忆或对答案的信心没有显著差异,这取决于事实是否以文本、照片或漫画的形式呈现,或者是否存在解释剂。然而,当满足偏好时,立即回忆明显更好(p < 0.02)。我们发现,当考虑到书面英语素养、科学素养和非语言智力时,根据“…的漫画指南”格式的科学信息视觉伴奏风格会影响成年观众的即时但非短期的事实回忆。科学事实的短期回忆最好通过以多种风格呈现事实,或者询问并满足参与者对视觉伴奏的偏好。
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Information Visualization
Information Visualization COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING-
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5.40
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16
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Information Visualization is essential reading for researchers and practitioners of information visualization and is of interest to computer scientists and data analysts working on related specialisms. This journal is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing articles on fundamental research and applications of information visualization. The journal acts as a dedicated forum for the theories, methodologies, techniques and evaluations of information visualization and its applications. The journal is a core vehicle for developing a generic research agenda for the field by identifying and developing the unique and significant aspects of information visualization. Emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary material and on the close connection between theory and practice. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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