Title

Communicating Evolution With A Dynamic Evolutionary Map

Keywords

Images and representations of science and technology

Abstract

Metaphors and visualizations are important for science communication, though they may have limitations. This paper describes the development and evaluation of a novel interactive visualization, the "Dynamic Evolutionary Map" (DEM), which communicates biological evolution using a non-standard metaphor. The DEM uses a map metaphor and interactivity to address conceptual limitations of traditional tree-based evolutionary representations. In a pilot evaluation biology novices used the DEM to answer questions about evolution. The results suggest that this visualization communicates some conceptual affordances differently than trees. Therefore, the described approach of building alternative visual metaphors for challenging concepts appears useful for science communication.

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Publication Title

Journal of Science Communication

Volume

13

Issue

1

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.22323/2.13010204

Socpus ID

84896369268 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84896369268

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