Storytelling and Visualization: A Survey

Chao Tong, Richard Roberts, Robert S. Laramee, Kodzo Wegba, Aidong Lu, Yun Wang, Huamin Qu, Qiong Luo, XiaoJuan Ma

2018

Abstract

Throughout history, storytelling has been an effective way of conveying information and knowledge. In the field of visualization, storytelling is rapidly gaining momentum and evolving cutting-edge techniques that enhance understanding. Many communities have commented on the importance of storytelling in data visualization. Storytellers tend to be integrating complex visualizations into their narratives in growing numbers. In this paper, we present a survey of storytelling literature in visualization and present an overview of the common and important elements in storytelling visualization. We also describe the challenges in this field as well as a novel classification of the literature on storytelling in visualization. Our classification scheme highlights the open and unsolved problems in this field as well as the more mature storytelling sub-fields. The benefits offer a concise overview and a starting point into this rapidly evolving research trend and provide a deeper understanding of this topic.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Tong C., Roberts R., Laramee R., Wegba K., Lu A., Wang Y., Qu H., Luo Q. and Ma X. (2018). Storytelling and Visualization: A Survey. In Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2018) - Volume 2: IVAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-289-9, SciTePress, pages 212-224. DOI: 10.5220/0006601102120224

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ivapp18,
author={Chao Tong and Richard Roberts and Robert S. Laramee and Kodzo Wegba and Aidong Lu and Yun Wang and Huamin Qu and Qiong Luo and XiaoJuan Ma},
title={Storytelling and Visualization: A Survey},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2018) - Volume 2: IVAPP},
year={2018},
pages={212-224},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006601102120224},
isbn={978-989-758-289-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2018) - Volume 2: IVAPP
TI - Storytelling and Visualization: A Survey
SN - 978-989-758-289-9
AU - Tong C.
AU - Roberts R.
AU - Laramee R.
AU - Wegba K.
AU - Lu A.
AU - Wang Y.
AU - Qu H.
AU - Luo Q.
AU - Ma X.
PY - 2018
SP - 212
EP - 224
DO - 10.5220/0006601102120224
PB - SciTePress