- Providing an interpretation/emotion
- Clear indicator
- Time-dependent visualizations
- Creation of visual puns
- Physical representation of data
- Recontextualization of data visualizations

Themes Arising from COVID-19 Meme Information Visualization

Research has investigated memes as information visualizations in different cultural setting. For instance, researchers have compared COVID-19 memes in Chinese and English.

Cross-Cultural Themes Arising from COVID-19 Memes (Chinese and English)

Memes have been used, as research suggests, during and slightly before the pandemic to share information and sentiments of different groups. For example, Gen Xers have expressed that other generations may not be taking measures seriously. Similarly, users have expressed dissatisfaction with work expectations during the pandemic.

Reasons behind Memes and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Research has investigated memes created by young people as a method of examining information/data visualization during the COVID-19 pandemic. After all, memes are a way through which information can be shared, communicate ideas, and allow for public conversation. 

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While the topic of the project is directly related to the visualization of information for the purpose of studying misinformation, there exists relevant research that studies visualization to a more general extent.

Visualization Research (Not Related to Misinformation)

Perovich, L. J., Alper, M., & Cleveland, C. (2022). "Self-Quaranteens" Process COVID-19: Understanding Information Visualization Language in Memes. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW1), 1-20.

"Self-Quaranteens" Process COVID-19: Understanding Information Visualization Language in Memes

Memes and the Visualization of Information

Sequence in visualization refers to the order in which the data and information is represented plays a crucial part in the overall narrative. 


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