June 2014

1. Jun 2014 web OA PDF
   Expanding the Terministic Screen: A Burkean Critique of Information Visualization in the Context of Design Education ↗
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   Abstract

   In the face of what information design theorist Richard Wurman has dubbed "information anxiety," it is well documented that information visualization has become a widely accepted tool to assist with the navigation of the symbolic world. Information visualisations, or infographics, are essentially external cognitive aids such as graphs, diagrams, maps and other interactive and innovative graphic applications. It is often argued by design theorists that information visualisations are rhetorical texts in that they have the ability to persuade. Thus, it is not a leap to assert that information visualization may be understood as one expression of Kenneth Burke’s notion of the ‘terministic screen.’

   modern rhetorical theory rhetorical criticism technical communication
2. Jun 2014 web OA PDF
   Expanding the Terministic Screen: A Burkean Critique of Information Visualization in the Context of Design Education ↗
   Author data unavailable
   Abstract

   In the face of what information design theorist Richard Wurman has dubbed "information anxiety," it is well documented that information visualization has become a widely accepted tool to assist with the navigation of the symbolic world. Information visualisations, or infographics, are essentially external cognitive aids such as graphs, diagrams, maps and other interactive and innovative graphic applications. It is often argued by design theorists that information visualisations are rhetorical texts in that they have the ability to persuade. Thus, it is not a leap to assert that information visualization may be understood as one expression of Kenneth Burke’s notion of the ‘terministic screen.’

   modern rhetorical theory rhetorical criticism technical communication