Charticle

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A charticle [ ˈtʃɑɹtɪk (ə) l ] is an article with an excess of pictures and graphics and little text. The graphics can take various forms, such as B. Photos, diagrams, lists and tables.

In contrast to traditional newspaper articles, which usually consist of long blocks of text with only a few pictures and graphics to increase the value of the article or to convey some additional information, charticles are mainly composed of pictures with text that offers little additional information.

The ratio of text to image in Charticles is inversely proportional to that of traditional articles.

origin

The term Charticle is an artificial word from the English chart and English article and was coined around 2008 by journalist Josh Crutchmer.

According to other sources, however, the term was first used as early as 1996, when the writer and financial journalist Peter Brimelow used it in reference to an article style he had compiled for Forbes magazine .

It is alleged that Van McKenzie, sports editor for the Orlando Sentinel and St. Petersburg Times , incorporated graphics with text in the 1970s . Others say that it is Edward Tufte , a pioneer in information design, who is behind the term Charticle, even if he did not coined it.

Using graphics as a more efficient medium of published communication is by no means a new idea. Also in information graphics such as B. Line network maps of buses and trains, the visual representation of data is used for the fast and clear transmission of complex information.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c See Macmillan Dictionary , accessed April 30, 2017
  2. ^ AD McCrorie, C Donnelly, KJ McGlade: Infographics: Healthcare Communication for the Digital Age . In: The Ulster Medical Journal . tape 85 , no. 2 . Ulster Medical Society, April 30, 2017, ISSN  0041-6193 , p. 71-75 , PMID 27601757 .
  3. ^ A b Dane Stickney: American Journalism Review (Oct./Nov. 2008), accessed April 30, 2017