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DOI | 10.1007/s10584-019-02537-z |
Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors' views and assessments of visual complexity | |
Harold, Jordan1,2; Lorenzoni, Irene3,4; Shipley, Thomas F.5; Coventry, Kenny R.1 | |
2019-12-04 | |
发表期刊 | CLIMATIC CHANGE |
ISSN | 0165-0009 |
EISSN | 1573-1480 |
出版年 | 2019 |
文章类型 | Article;Early Access |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; USA |
英文摘要 | Scientific figures, i.e. visuals such as graphs and diagrams, are an important component of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that support communication and policy-making. It is therefore imperative that figures are robust representations of the science and are accessible to target audiences. We interviewed IPCC authors (n = 18) to understand the development of figures in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Working Group 1 (WG1) Summary for Policy-Makers (SPM). Authors expressed the view that the need to maintain scientific accuracy constrained making figures more accessible, with the consequence that figures retained complexity and often required specialists to explain the figures to others. Using sort tasks with IPCC authors and with a group of non-specialists (undergraduate students; n = 38), we found that IPCC authors generally had good awareness of which figures non-specialists perceived as being most difficult to understand. Further, by evaluating the visual complexity of the AR5 WG1 SPM figures using a computational measure, we found that greater visual complexity (i.e. high quantity of information, use of multiple colours and densely packed visual elements) is associated with greater perceived comprehension difficulty. Developing and integrating computational approaches to assess figures alongside user testing could help inform how to overcome visual complexity while maintaining scientific rigour and so enhance communication of IPCC figures and scientific visuals. |
英文关键词 | IPCC Climate science Complexity Science communication visual design |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000500290000001 |
WOS关键词 | SCIENCE |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/224381 |
专题 | 环境与发展全球科技态势 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ East Anglia, Sch Psychol, Norwich Res Pk, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England; 2.Univ East Anglia, Tyndall Ctr Climate Change Res, Norwich Res Pk, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England; 3.Univ East Anglia, Tyndall Ctr Climate Change Res, Sch Environm Sci, Norwich Res Pk, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England; 4.Univ East Anglia, Sci Soc & Sustainabil 3S Res Grp, Norwich Res Pk, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England; 5.Temple Univ, Dept Psychol, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Harold, Jordan,Lorenzoni, Irene,Shipley, Thomas F.,et al. Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors' views and assessments of visual complexity[J]. CLIMATIC CHANGE,2019. |
APA | Harold, Jordan,Lorenzoni, Irene,Shipley, Thomas F.,&Coventry, Kenny R..(2019).Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors' views and assessments of visual complexity.CLIMATIC CHANGE. |
MLA | Harold, Jordan,et al."Communication of IPCC visuals: IPCC authors' views and assessments of visual complexity".CLIMATIC CHANGE (2019). |
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