[ecrea] Call for Papers - Innovation in visual journalism: opportunities and challenges for the conceptualization, practice and consumption of journalism

*CALL FOR PAPERS

INNOVATION IN VISUAL JOURNALISM: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE
CONCEPTUALIZATION, PRACTICE AND CONSUMPTION OF JOURNALISM*
<http://fcc.blanquerna.url.edu/tripodos/CFP%2038%20Periodisme%20visual/CPF38_ENG_Innovation%20in%20visual%20journalism.pdf>*

*GUEST EDITORS: Bella Palomo (Universidad de Málaga) and Mario
Pérez-Montoro (Universitat de Barcelona) *

*Deadline for receiving papers: 15/03/2016*

*Summary*

Visual journalism is experiencing its Golden Age. The expansion of data
journalism, flexible, gradual and constant redesigning on Cybermedia and
the automation of tasks have favored its development. But beyond a trend
transformed into a new journalistic specialization, visualization aims
to acquire the status of a univeral language, facilitating consumer
information and playing a basic educational role for democratic society.

The open data culture, the commitment to transparency and creation of
multidisciplinary teams in which journalists, programmers, web
designers, database developers and statistics experts collaborate to
transform complex contents into solutions that are attractive,
informative and easy to consume, have enriched news production, favoring
even exclusives, which in journalism can be a form of life insurance.

This context forms the basis of a monograph that will analyze the
consequences of this innovation applied to the field of visualization
and specifically how the ability of design applied to data journalism,
to the new multimedia narratives and to mobile devices may have an
influence on knowledge and the transformation of society, how one can
improve web traffic and, ultimately, what are the keys to building more
efficient contents. In parallel, it will include the study of success
stories which can be approached from multiple standpoints (professional
motivation, reception studies, usability, prizes).
*
Objectives*

The monograph aims to incorporate original research related to one of
the following topics:


  * Proposed new data visualization

  * Multimedia Narratives
  * New professional profiles
  * Interactive formats

  * Journalism data and mobile devices

  * Journalism, transparency and open data
  * Usability, user experience and information display
  * Consumption of data journalism

  * Successful experiences in data journalism

  * Evolution of infographics
  * New trends in editorial design

Papers should be sent by the *15th March 2016*. In order to submit
original papers, authors must be registered with the journal
(www.tripodos.com <http://www.tripodos.com>) as authors. Following this
step, authors must enter their user name and password, activated in the
process of registering, and begin the submission process. In step 1,
they must select the section “Monograph”.

Rules and instructions regarding the submission of originals can be
downloaded at www.tripodos.com <http://www.tripodos.com>. For any
queries, please contact the editorial team of the journal at
(tripodos /at/ blanquerna.url.edu) <mailto:(tripodos /at/ blanquerna.url.edu)>.

Trípodos is a international scholarly journal published by Blanquerna
School of Communication and International Relations at Ramon Llull
University. Since 1996, it has provided a forum for debate and critical
discussion about the full range of communication disciplines:
journalism, film studies, television, radio, advertising, public
relations, Internet, etc.

Trípodos:

- Occupies the 5th position in the IN-RECS index (2011 edition).


- Is in category B of the CIRC classification (Integrated Classification
of Scientific Journals).


- Is indexed in the databases and catalogs ISOC, Ulrich’s periodicals
directory, EBSCO Publishing, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals),
DICE, MIAR, Latindex, Dulcinea, REBIUN, Dialnet, Carhus Plus +, RACO,
Library of Congress, British Library, COPAC, SUDOC, ZDB, OCLC WorldCat,
among others.


- Has an H index of 6 in Google Scholar Metrics (2008-2011). Occupies
the 7th position in the Communication category.

*References*

Alcalde, I. (2015). Visualización de la información de los datos al
conocimiento. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.

Cairo, A. (2013). The functional art. An introduction to information
graphics and visualization. Berkeley: New Riders.

Larrondo, A. and Serrano, A. (2007). Diseño periodístico en internet.
Leioa: Universidad del País Vasco.

Lima, M. (2011). Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information. New
York: Princeton Architectural Press.

Meirelles, I. (2013). Design for Information: An Introduction to the
Histories, Theories, and Best Practices Behind Effective Information
Visualizations. Gloucester, MA: Rockport.

Tascón, M. “Introducción: Big Data. Pasado, presente y futuro”. Revista
Telos, 95 (June - September 2013).

Wong, D. (2013). The Wall Street Journal Guide to Information Graphics:
The Dos and Don'ts of Presenting Data, Facts, and Figures. New York: W.
W. Norton & Company.

Yau, N. (2011). Visualize This: The Flowing Data Guide to Design,
Visualization, and Statistics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.



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