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Abstract

Abstract Data visualization works – in a journalistic context – to make statistics and other forms of quantitative data accessible and meaningful to a wide audience. Charts, graphs and maps stimulate the senses through forms, colours and – in digital contexts – animation, and promise an effective communication of complex facts. However, the techniques applied can also lead to confusion and distrust, and they require specific insights from both producers and readers. Through analysis of 17 data visualizations, this study examines how such visualizations work as a distinctive text and media type on Norwegian news sites. How do they create meaning, and how do they influence journalism as a genre and as a discursive practice?

Keywords

• Data visualization
• Digital journalism
• Discourse studies
• Visual literacy
• Genre innovation
• Datavisualization