8 From information to knowledge: Building the visual context
This chapter covers
- Emotions: The foundations of visual context
- Colors, size, and interaction
- Using DALL-E for images
- Strategic placement of textual and visual context
- Implementing an example
Generally, looking at something interesting arouses an emotion, a set of feelings that strike us. Of course, written texts can arouse emotions, and the power of visual elements to generate emotions is likely even greater. So why not exploit emotions to involve the audience more in our data stories? In this chapter, we will review the basic concepts behind visual context in a data story with a focus on emotions. We will describe how to set color, size, and interactivity in a data story. Next, ...
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