Interactive Data Visualization For Risk Assessment: Can There Be Too Much User Agency?
Keywords
Agency; Data visualization; Risk
Abstract
Audiences using interactive data visualizations can experience varying levels of agency as they employ these tools to select scenarios and explore data. While a high level of user agency is often framed in positive terms, this poster presentation argues that too much user agency may be detrimental in certain situations. It focuses on interactive visualizations that display risks associated with sea-level rise (SLR). In these tools, designer constraints on the range of SLR and strong authorial messaging can reduce user agency, but may better inform understanding and decision-making by users.
Publication Date
7-16-2015
Publication Title
SIGDOC 2015 - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual International Conference on the Design of Communication
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1145/2775441.2775446
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84961755734 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84961755734
STARS Citation
Stephens, Sonia H., "Interactive Data Visualization For Risk Assessment: Can There Be Too Much User Agency?" (2015). Scopus Export 2015-2019. 1555.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2015/1555