Editing Chartjunk (section)

== Debate over meaning ==
The term chartjunk is an umbrella term that can be used to describe a variety of visual devices and has been referenced by different terms across research.
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Stephen Few, a data visualization practitioner and consultant at Perceptual Edge, stated that Tufte's original definition of chartjunk was "too loose" and that "by defining chartjunk too broadly, Tufte to some degree invited the heated controversy that has raged ever since."<ref name=":1" />

Robert Kosara, also a data visualization practitioner, researcher, and author of the blog EagerEyes, noted that not all chartjunk are the same, some are harmful (e.g. a busy background), others harmless (e.g. nice borders or pictures), and some even helpful (e.g. annotations).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-05|title=The Three Types of Chart Junk|url=https://eagereyes.org/blog/2012/three-types-chart-junk|access-date=2021-08-01|website=eagereyes|language=en-US}}</ref>

In a recent study by Parsons and Shukla,<ref name=":3" /> they interviewed data visualization designers and found that there is both a "corrective movement" in the design community to move away from minimalist design principles, but also, that designers had different definitions for what constitutes chartjunk. The authors felt that "better definitions are needed so that everyone has a shared understanding [about chartjunk]."