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An Analysis of Science Magazine in the View of Infographic

인포그래픽 관점을 이용한 과학 잡지 분석

  • Received : 2014.08.25
  • Accepted : 2014.09.30
  • Published : 2014.09.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the Korean science magazine, Science Donga providing scientific facts, phenomenons, and issues with infographic for the readers by time series analysis and to search for the application of infographic on the science education. The criteria for the infographic analysis of Science Donga consisted of three categories such as storytelling type, visual perception, and framework level because infographic presents complex information quickly and clearly by integrating various images, words, and graphics. We found that the articles emphasized by including image about science issue have been published from 1986 to 2014. Particularly, after 2008, the articles including infographic sharply rose. So we set up 2008 as $T_c$(Critical time point). The articles including infographic after 2008 have been more variously distributed and frequently used in storytelling types category such as location, time, number, connection, function, and process based infographic, in visual perception of Gestalt Theory such as proximity, similarity, continuation, and closure than before 2008. Lastly, in framework level category, location, time, number, and process based infographic mainly had total range level but function and connection based infographic changed in the framework level. The three features about storytelling type, visual perception, framework level are important changes to influence $T_c$ in the infographic analysis about Science Donga. Through the results of this study, we analyzed the feature of change on infographic from 1986 to 2014. Thus, we hope that the results suggest a basic criteria for making materials including infographic in science education.

본 연구는 과학적 사실, 현상, 첨단 과학 소식, 과학적 이슈 등을 독자들에게 알기 쉽게 제공하기 위한 표현수단으로 인포그래픽을 활용하고 있는 과학동아를 대상으로 인포그래픽의 시계열적 특성을 분석하여 과학 교육에 인포그래픽의 활용 가능성을 짐작하는데 그 목적이 있다. 과학동아의 인포그래픽을 분석하기 위해 스토리텔링 유형, 시지각 특성, 프레임워크의 수준을 차원으로 하는 3차원 구성틀을 개발하였다. 이 구성틀에 의해 분석한 결과 과학동아는 1986년부터 2014년까지 이미지를 강조한 과학 기사를 발행하였으며 특히 2008년 이후부터는 인포그래픽이 포함된 기사가 유의미하게 증가하는 것으로 나타나 2008년을 인포그래픽 특성 변화의 중요 기준이 되는 $T_c$(Critical time Point)로 설정하였다. 2008년 이후의 과학 기사의 인포그래픽은 위치, 시간, 수치, 관계, 기능, 과정 기반형의 6가지 스토리텔링 유형이 2008년 이전 보다 다양하게 분포하였고, 게슈탈트 시지각 이론의 시지각 특성(근접성, 유사성, 연속성, 폐쇄성)도 2008년 이후에 더욱 많이 적용한 것을 알 수 있었다. 마지막으로 프레임워크의 수준은 위치, 시간, 수치, 과정 기반 인포그래픽은 전체 범위 수준이 주를 이루며 시간의 흐름에 변화가 없는 반면, 기능과 관계 기반 인포그래픽에서는 프레임워크의 수준이 2008년을 기준으로 변화가 나타났다. 인포그래픽 관점에서 과학동아를 분석한 결과를 통해 인포그래픽의 특성이 어떻게 변화되어 왔는지 분석하여 과학교육에서 인포그래픽을 적용할 때 기초적인 기준을 제공할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

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