Editing Infographic (section)

{{Short description|Graphic visual representation of information}}
[[File:Washington Metro diagram sb.svg|thumb|upright=1.35|A [[Washington Metro]] subway map]]
{{Data Visualization}}

'''Infographics''' (a [[clipped compound]] of "[[information]]" and "[[graphics]]") are graphic visual representations of information, [[data]], or [[knowledge]] intended to present information quickly and clearly.<ref name="DN04">Doug Newsom and Jim Haynes (2004). ''Public Relations Writing: Form and Style''. p.236.</ref><ref name="Ref2">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lkf5DKSWoJsC |title = The Power of Infographics: Using Pictures to Communicate and Connect with Your Audiences|isbn = 9780789749499|last1 = Smiciklas|first1 = Mark|year = 2012| publisher=Que }}</ref>  They can improve cognition by using graphics to enhance the human visual system's ability to see patterns and trends.<ref name="visualizationzoo"/><ref name="Ref4">Card, S. (2009). Information visualization. In A. Sears & J. A. Jacko (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction: Design Issues, Solutions, and Applications (pp. 510–543). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.</ref>  Similar pursuits are [[information visualization]], [[data visualization]], [[statistical graphics]], [[information design]], or [[information architecture]].<ref name="Ref2" /> Infographics have evolved in recent years to be for [[mass communication]], and thus are designed with fewer assumptions about the readers' knowledge base than other types of visualizations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://techengage.com/infographics-a-form-of-visual-content/|title=Infographics; a form of visual content|last=Zaman|first=Jazib|date=2019-05-31|website=TechEngage|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref> [[Isotype (picture language)|Isotypes]] are an early example of infographics conveying information quickly and easily to the masses.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Lkf5DKSWoJsC|title=The Power of Infographics: Using Pictures to Communicate and Connect with your audience|year=2012|publisher=Mark Smiciklas|isbn=9780789749499|access-date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>