The Social in the Visual

We need your feedback on our site.

Here is a little spiel to explain our research, please let us know what you think!

We are examining both the form and content of news information using the web and info graphics as interrogative tools. We feel that these two belong together as we can reach a broad audience in the same way that news media does. And at the same time proposing new ways of shaping information visually.

This is an examination of alternative news information – we don’t profess to provide answers, far more it is about presenting information in new ways. A lot of the postings so far are about the form, using new models to communicate socially relevant information, hence the content is at times arbitrary. After this initial research period we hope to have some productive visual forms we can apply to media content that we feel is worth investigating.

So after reading our spiel, please have a look and post your thoughts on the Figures website: Which postings do you connect with and why? Can you spot any key themes that are worth developing? What are some issues that you might like to be addressed? Are there any problems with this approach? 

We look forward to you sharing your thoughts about Figures.