Department
English
College
Arts and Humanities
Publication Date
5-9-2019
Abstract
Environmental issues touch nearly every field. Technical communication researchers have advocated for multidisciplinary environmental communication research to effectively address the depth of environmental issues and speed at which environmental issues evolve. Visuals are often used in environmental communication to help clarify complex information. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the author utilizes secondary research to answer the question, ‘how do data visualizations support environmental communication?’ This research illustrates the value of using environmental data visualizations to add credibility and to facilitate interpretation within environmental communication. Alignment among disciplines, however, is limited in other attributes of environmental data visualizations such as representing temporal or spatial data. This provides significant opportunities for technical communication researchers to expand the field’s knowledge of environmental data visualizations and their function in environmental communication.
Instructor’s Name
Abigail Bakke
Degree
Master of Arts in English, Technical Communication Option
Document Type
Capstone Paper
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