Off the charts: user engagement enhancers in election infographics

Amit-Danhi, Eedan; Shifman, Limor

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2020.1761858

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“…As an informative tool, often associated with an “ aura of truthfulness ” (Kennedy et al, 2016: 722), and the political power of the numeric and scientific (Porter, 1996; Kovacic and Giampietro 2015), political visualizations possess both positive and negative potentials. A rise in the use of political visualizations can potentially improve the public sphere and create stronger, more informed publics (Nærland, 2020; Cairo 2016), as well as assist in further strengthening ideologies, persuading, affecting, or misinforming the public (Nærland, 2020; Amit-Danhi and Shifman, 2020; Kennedy et al, 2020).…”

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“…Engagement, according to Kennedy and her colleagues (2016), can be influenced by a visualization’s subject manner; its source/media location; the reader’s beliefs and opinions; the time available for cognitive processing; their emotional state and proclivities; and their confidence and skills. Further analysis of Facebook engagement with election infographics underlines the role of sources with increased ostensive user engagement, as well as emotions, when applied by specific candidates (Amit-Danhi and Shifman, 2020).…”

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“…Visualizations are used widely and effectively by candidates on social media (Towner, 2017; Rossini et al, 2018; Amit-Danhi and Shifman, 2018, 2020). The studies included in this framework highlight digital political visualizations as a new genre with informative origins, emotive functionalities, and important political implications.…”

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“…Visuals and visualizations can also introduce emotionality, linking political iconography with emotional messaging (Egea-Medrano et al, 2021) and increased engagement for internally-authentic candidates' visualizations. Contrastingly, externally authentic (i.e., well-founded) visualizations elicit more engagement on social media (Amit-Danhi and Shifman, 2020).…”

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“…As visual representations of the scientific and seemingly impartial (Porter, 1996; Kennedy et al, 2016), the introduction of visualized political data and information is often viewed as a positive turning away from personality politics and toward issue-centered discourse. However, digital visualizations may also serve to misinform, persuade, and divert attention as part of campaign strategies (Amit-Danhi and Shifman, 2020; Aiello and Parry, 2020). Visualizations thus comprise a unique meeting point between political interests and the democratic greater good.…”

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Off the charts: user engagement enhancers in election infographics

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

Facts of (Financial) life: Political power and re-visualization strategies

Facts of (Financial) life: Political power and re-visualization strategies

#sustainablefashion on Instagram: A content and network analysis of user‐generated posts

Predicting News Engagement on Douyin: The Case of COVID-19 Coverage

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