This information graphic was the final outcome of my final major project proposal. It looked at how we consume information from the various news platforms (Web, App and Print), with data being collected from February and March 2013.
I looked at eight British news groups that had data for web and print as a minimum. I then represented this data for the news groups using newspaper formats, and two screen sizes for app and web visits.
The data was represented by using squares as the main focus was digital information, aka a single pixel. Each block of data is created from a group of 0.2mm x 0.2mm square, which represents a value of 50,000 people.
White, black and tints of black were used so as to only communicate that this is raw data. Adding colour would have over complicated the graphic, whilst also causing ink saturation and bleed on the newsprint paper. Using 100K black was also important as a rich black would have ruined the paper.
This project was produced in connection with my ISTD Books Still? project which looks at how we consume and interact with mobile devices. Across my two final year projects, the consumption information and how we interact with it were my focus.
Data found at NewsWorks.org.uk