How visualizations in a story conveys information


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Navigation input

Level of control

Navigation process

Story layout

Role of Visualization

Story Progression

Navigation Feedback 


Factors Contributing to Visual Narrative Flow


McKenna, S., Henry Riche, N., Lee, B., Boy, J. and Meyer, M. (2017), Visual Narrative Flow: Exploring Factors Shaping Data Visualization Story Reading Experiences. Computer Graphics Forum, 36: 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13195

Visual Narrative Flow: Exploring Factors Shaping Data Visualization Story Reading Experiences

Navigation Input describes the reader’s interaction with visualized information in order to process the information

Visual Narrative Flow Factor: Navigation Input


Level of control states what extent the reader can be in charge of transitioning between different parts of the information. 

Visual Narrative Flow Factor: Level of Control


Where the reader considers themselves in the entire story at a given point.

Visual Narrative Flow Factor: Navigation Process

How the information is presented. 

Can be a document, slideshow, or a combination of both. 


Visual Narrative Flow Factor: Story Layout


How components containing information is arranged

Can be linear or tree graph


Visual Narrative Flow Factor: Story Progression

Transitions between different components of a story. 


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