Comunicación visual de una emergencia sanitaria mundial: el caso de la Covid-19

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https://doi.org/10.3145/thinkepi.2021.e15d01

Abstract

In the pandemic generated by the coronavirus, governments and the media were suddenly faced with the difficult challenge of communicating about this issue with the population and transferring technical concepts and large volumes of data to the general public. It was necessary to find a way to make this unfamiliar content accessible to everyone, using known and assimilable formulas. In this context, the strategy chosen to make this communication more efficient was clear: transmit all this vital information through the visual representation of data. In this work we analyze the problems associated with the data involved in these visualizations and review a selection of good and bad practices used in these communication strategies.

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Published

2021-01-27

How to Cite

Pérez-Montoro, M. (2021). Comunicación visual de una emergencia sanitaria mundial: el caso de la Covid-19. Anuario ThinkEPI, 15. https://doi.org/10.3145/thinkepi.2021.e15d01

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D. Comunicación social y medios de comunicación