Las visualizaciones como recurso informativo clave en el periodismo de datos: análisis de la tipología, la interactividad y las funciones en los Data Journalism Awards 2019.

Alba Córdoba-Cabús; Manuel García-Borrego

doi:10.31921/doxacom.n31a4

Authors

Alba Córdoba-Cabús Universidad de Málaga https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-0583
Manuel García-Borrego Universidad de Málaga, España https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6207-8741

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31921/doxacom.n31a4

Keywords:

Data journalism, visualization, interactivity, infographic, Data Journalism Awards

Abstract

This research provides a current snapshot of visualisations in the best data journalism stories, those nominated for the 2019 Data Journalism Awards by analysing typologies, the interactivity, and functions they serve. A content analysis (n=42) is carried out to identify the characteristics, differences, and similarities between the nominees and winners and establish a classification of the interactive elements according to their purpose. The analysis shows that infographics are the most widely used form of representation (45,24%). Two groups of interactive features are detected; those that focus on engaging and holding the reader’s attention and those that satisfy their information needs. The lack of interactivity, limiting users’ responsibility, would explain the first group’s widespread use in this paper. Among other findings, we conclude that the differences between the nominees and winners are in the visualisation function and all the aspects related to its interactivity.

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Author Biographies

Alba Córdoba-Cabús, Universidad de Málaga

Research staff in Training in the Department of Journalism at the University of Malaga.
Graduated in Journalism (2016) and Master’s in Investigation (2017), both with an Extraordinary Award. Since 2018 she is part of the Journalism Department of the UMA with an FPU contract granted by the Ministry and is a member of the “Study Group on Journalism and Communication” (SEJ-067). She has publications in Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodistico, El Profesional de la información and RISTI, in publishers such as Pirámide and has participated in over 20 international conferences.
Manuel García-Borrego, Universidad de Málaga, España

Manuel García-Borrego is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Malaga (UMA), where he has prepared his thesis on Journalism students and professional practices with an FPU grant. He has nearly twenty publications in high-impact publications and journals. Among them are El Profesional de la Información, Revista Latina Comunicación Social o Estudios Sobre el Mensaje Periodístico as well as chapters in books and publications such as Gedisa, Fragua o Dykinson. He has also defended thirty communications in international conferences, participated in three research projects and two IPPs, as well as carried out a research stay financed by the Ministry of Education at the University of Bergen (Norway).

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