Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Visual representations of information or data, such as charts or maps, especially of information that is more easily imparted by such representations than by written text.
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- noun Plural form of
infographic .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Get the most popular stories and breaking news directly in your Twitter feed Over the last year, the explosion of these abominations called "infographics" has gotten overwhelming.
Gizmodo Jesus Diaz 2011
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You can find what you're looking for without confusion, and along the top is a constantly updated information visualization (sometimes known as infographics, though designers who create information visualizations bristle just a bit at the term).
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Government seeks creative "infographics" from children that answer the common question, "How to Become President?"
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It’s almost like meta-infographics – the original kind of infographics have always been about outside information that the newspaper presents visually, but these efforts are like infographics about the newspaper itself, representing its internal informational footprint in a self-reflexive kind of way.
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He designs infographics about financing and loans for CreditLoan.com, as well as other blogs like Mint and Wix.
Shane Snow: Hashable vs Mashable: Two Tech Sites You Should Know The Difference Between Shane Snow 2011
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He designs infographics about financing and loans for CreditLoan.com, as well as other blogs like Mint and Wix.
Shane Snow: Hashable vs Mashable: Two Tech Sites You Should Know The Difference Between Shane Snow 2011
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It urges magazine editorial departments to think outside the box by avoiding the use of linear workflows "where all they produce is text and pictures, but embrace the full experience of interactive digital narratives by combining a fusion of text, photos, infographics, video and audio."
Magda Abu-Fadil: Innovations in Magazines 2010: Adapt & Thrive Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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Present research visually - graphys, maps, infographics
Link Building Strategies and Ranking Tactics | Managing Greatness 2010
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It urges magazine editorial departments to think outside the box by avoiding the use of linear workflows "where all they produce is text and pictures, but embrace the full experience of interactive digital narratives by combining a fusion of text, photos, infographics, video and audio."
Magda Abu-Fadil: Innovations in Magazines 2010: Adapt & Thrive Magda Abu-Fadil 2011
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A set of infographics in the National Journal shows minority-majorities in some obvious regions, like L.A. and Queens, as well as some more surprising ones like Robeson County, N.C., where the Lumbee tribe comprises a 52 percent majority of the 98,000 minorities in the county.
Turnstyle: Infographic: Minorities Becoming Majority in U.S. Turnstyle 2011
marky commented on the word infographics
weird animal infographic .. useful.
October 16, 2010