Providing Public Servants What They Need: Revealing the Unseen through Data Visualization

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Isett, Kimberley R.; Hicks, Diana M.
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12904
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 479-485
• 关键词: Academic research; health policy; stories; makers; DESIGN; models

摘要

Electronic media has enabled new forms of communication with the potential to provide more effective means of conveying evidence to public servants. This article explores what is known about the use of these new capacities in public affairs to visualize the results of research. The authors first explore the value of visual engagement for increasing comprehension. Then, they examine what is known of studies of the effectiveness of visualization and offer basic design principles that underpin effective visualization. Finally, two original public affairs examples are presented to illustrate what is possible.