Editing Infographic (section)

=== 21st century ===

By the year 2000, [[Adobe Flash]]-based animations on the Internet had made use of many key practices in creating infographics in order to create a variety of products and games.

Likewise, [[television]] began to incorporate infographics into the viewers' experiences in the early 2000s. One example of infographics usage in television and in pop culture is the 2002 music video by the [[Norway|Norwegian]] musicians of [[Röyksopp]], for their song "[[Remind Me (Röyksopp song)|Remind Me]]." The video was composed entirely of animated infographics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/2285902|title=Remind Me|last=Röyksopp|date=19 November 2008|via=Vimeo}}</ref> Similarly, in 2004, a television commercial for the [[France|French]] nuclear technology company [[Areva]] used animated infographics as an advertising tactic. Both of these videos and the attention they received have conveyed to other fields the potential value of using information graphics to describe complex information efficiently.

With the rise of alternatives to Adobe Flash, such as [[HTML 5]] and [[CSS3]], infographics are now created in a variety of media with a number of software tools.<ref>"Why you should build your infographics in HTML5 and CSS3.". Paul Rouget. Retrieved 2012-07-10.</ref>

The field of [[journalism]] has also incorporated and applied information graphics to news stories. For stories that intend to include text, images, and graphics, the system called the [[maestro concept]] allows entire newsrooms to collaborate and organize a story to successfully incorporate all components. Across many newsrooms, this teamwork-integrated system is applied to improve [[time management]]. The maestro system is designed to improve the presentation of stories for busy readers of media. Many news-based websites have also used interactive information graphics in which the user can extract information on a subject as they explore the graphic.

Many businesses use infographics as a medium for communicating with and attracting potential customers.<ref>Khazan, Olga, "How can businesses use infographics?", washingtonpost.com, April 8, 2012. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-small-business/post/how-can-businesses-use-infographics/2012/04/06/gIQAjbbh4S_blog.html]</ref>  Information graphics are a form of [[content marketing]]<ref name="Venture Harbour">{{cite web|url=http://www.ventureharbour.com/the-anatomy-of-creating-a-great-infographic/|title=The Anatomy of Creating Great Infographics|work=Venture Harbour |access-date=2013-10-27|date=2013-05-31 |last1=Taylor |first1=Marcus }}</ref> and have become a tool for internet marketers and companies to create content that others will link to, thus possibly boosting a company's reputation and online presence.<ref name="Distilled">{{cite web|publisher=[[Distilled]]|url=http://www.distilled.net/linkbait-guide/|title=SEO Guide to Creating Viral Linkbait and Infographics|access-date=2012-07-19}}</ref>

Religious denominations have also started using infographics. For example, [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] has made numerous infographics to help people learn about their faith, missionaries, temples, lay ministry, and family history efforts.<ref>{{citation |title= Infographics |url= http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/infographics |work= Newsroom [MormonNewsroom.org] |publisher= [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] |access-date= 17 April 2014|date= 2012-10-16 }}</ref>

Infographics are finding a home in the classroom as well. Courses that teach students to create their own infographics using a variety of tools may encourage engagement in the classroom and may lead to a better understanding of the concepts they are mapping onto the graphics.{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

With the popularity of social media, infographics have become popular, often as static images or simple web interfaces, covering any number of topics. Such infographics are often shared between users of [[Social networking service|social networks]] such as [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], [[Pinterest]], [[Google+]] and [[Reddit]]. The hashtag #infographic was tweeted 56,765 times in March 2012 and at its peak 3,365 times in a span of 24 hours.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}