netflower: Dynamic Network Visualization for Data Journalists
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2019
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The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Abstract
Journalists need visual interfaces that cater to the exploratory nature of their investigative activities. In this paper, we report on a four-year design study with data journalists. The main result is netflower, a visual exploration tool that supports journalists in investigating quantitative flows in dynamic network data for story-finding. The visual metaphor is based on Sankey diagrams and has been extended to make it capable of processing large amounts of input data as well as network change over time. We followed a structured, iterative design process including requirement analysis and multiple design and prototyping iterations in close cooperation with journalists. To validate our concept and prototype, a workshop series and two diary studies were conducted with journalists. Our findings indicate that the prototype can be picked up quickly by journalists and valuable insights can be achieved in a few hours. The prototype can be accessed at: http://netflower.fhstp.ac.at/
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@article{10.1111:cgf.13721,
journal = {Computer Graphics Forum},
title = {{netflower: Dynamic Network Visualization for Data Journalists}},
author = {Stoiber, Christina and Rind, Alexander and Grassinger, Florian and Gutounig, Robert and Goldgruber, Eva and Sedlmair, Michael and Emrich, Štefan and Aigner, Wolfgang},
year = {2019},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.},
ISSN = {1467-8659},
DOI = {10.1111/cgf.13721}
}