A Study On The Data Journalism Visualization Of The New York Times

Data journalism is a hot topic in recent years.Its origin can be traced back to the last century,"accurate news" and "computer assisted reporting"."Data journalism " has become the first major step towards the transformation of the foreign media,such as New York Times,the British Guardian,Washington Post and other traditional media have opened up their own data news column,construction of data news team,to combine news and computer technology.In the transformation of foreign media news reports,the domestic media also followed.In this study,select the New York Times website "The Upshot" column as the research object,using the "content analysis" as the main research methods and supporting research methods to "case study method",the visual and interactive type setting,visualization,visualization technology and visualization of information capacity for category construction,through the analysis of the visual type,visualization and visualization of the narrative structure of induction,carries on the discussion to the following questions:First,the New York Times visualization in the news is how the application of the data,showing what characteristics?Second,the New York Times data journalism visualization compared to other media what are the innovations and advantages? What are the effects of these innovations and advantages in the process of news dissemination?Third,from the micro perspective,what is the relationship between the types of visualization,interactive settings and data narrative? What are the effects of these relationships on the application of visualization in data news?Specifically,first carried out in the first chapter the basic situation of news data visualization,including domestic data news practice visualization problems and difficulties;from the beginning of the second chapter according to the content analysis category analysis,comparative study,explaining the research problem,and in the process of explaining the case;finally,by the application of New York Times data visualization news spread thinking and outlook on development of domestic news data visualization.It was discovered through research on the category encoding news data visualization,data visualization are compared to the domestic news time dilemma,New York Times in the practice of news personalized visual data visualization,conventional interaction not only in keeping the data set news visual effect at the same time,but also to enhance the visualization in the news service value and commercial value,and light to quantify the narrative way for fragmented reading affect the communication effect and provides a solution.Based on the summary of the innovation advantage of New York Times,the advantages and disadvantages of the above studies provide a reference and significance for the practice of domestic data visualization.News organizations should pay attention to the diversification and hierarchical data visualization types in the process of practice,interactive visualization set routine and convenient operation and to ensure the integrity of the information visualization narration is both a form of personalization.