Information design applied to digital media: a case study on COVID-19 newsletters
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https://doi.org/10.29147/datjournal.v7i4.639Keywords:
Information design, covid-19, information architecture, epidemiological bulletin, visual perceptionAbstract
This article submits a technical analysis and survey data collected from users concerning epidemiology reports (infographics) published by several cities of the state of Maranhão during the covid-19 pandemic, on social media during the year 2021. Building on that assessment, a new template for epidemiology reports has been developed, drawing on the survey findings made to date, which have shown no validated concern regarding both reading flow and information layout. For this study, an evaluation protocol was designed founded on Ambrose and Harris’ (2005; 2009;2012) visual elements concepts, Spencer’s (2010), Rosenfeld’s, Morville’s, and Arango’s (2015) information architecture, and Gomes’(2008), Menezes’ and Queiroz’s (2016) perception. Parallel to this, a quantitative survey was carried out with the public to understand if the reports meet their needs.
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