Communication Design Quarterly Apr 2013 Open Access

Visual communication in environmental health: methodological questions and compromises

Lisa Meloncon

Abstract

Disciplinary differences cause multiple problems with trying to create a research study that gauges readers' comprehension of complex scientific information. This paper provides a case study of the some of the issues associated with research methods and methodologies on an on an interdisciplinary team.

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Communication Design Quarterly
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2013-04-01
DOI
10.1145/2466489.2466497
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qualitative research multimodality
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