An Argument Structure for Data Stories

dc.contributor.authorKosara, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.editorBarbora Kozlikova and Tobias Schreck and Thomas Wischgollen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-12T05:19:58Z
dc.date.available2017-06-12T05:19:58Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractMany data stories in journalism do not have a story arc, but rather present facts without much structure. This mirrors the popular inverted pyramid style of writing that presents the most important information up front, to be followed by evidence. We have found a subset of stories that follow a more structured approach, however. These stories begin with a claim or question, but do not immediately present that as the conclusion. Instead, they then present pieces of evidence that are only tied together, and back to the initial claim, at the end. In this paper, we formalize and discuss this structure, and present a few examples. We believe that this is a viable and practical model for data stories more generally, and certainly a stronger arc than most existing stories today.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersVisualization Models and Human Computer Interaction
dc.description.seriesinformationEuroVis 2017 - Short Papers
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/eurovisshort.20171129
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-043-7
dc.identifier.pages31-35
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/eurovisshort.20171129
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/eurovisshort20171129
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.titleAn Argument Structure for Data Storiesen_US
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