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A Study on News Graphic Design in Social Media

온라인 인포그래픽 뉴스의 커뮤니케이션에 관한 연구

  • 원종윤 (인천대학교 디자인학부)
  • Received : 2019.10.15
  • Accepted : 2019.12.02
  • Published : 2019.12.28
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Abstract

The way people read news is changing, from print to screen. In this study, we aimed to understand the impact of the use of infographics in news on readers. According to a study conducted by Reuters Research Institute at the University of Oxford in 2017, the proportion of online consumers of news is steadily increasing, with over 51 per cent of Americans receiving news via social media. Additionally, newspaper subscription rates are rapidly declining. According to previous studies, the understanding of text information is higher in print media than on screen. Therefore, to compensate for the weaknesses in the understanding of online news, online news media are providing infographic news services to deliver good news. Therefore, this study attempted to understand the impact of using infographics in the news. To this end, three experiments were conducted. The findings from the study indicate that the use of infographics in news has a positive effect on users in terms of the variables measured, including cognitive effect and acceptance of news. As compared with print news, on-screen news was not as effective in terms of comprehension. However, we propose interactive infographics to enhance communication effect along with improved design.

뉴스 이용자들이 뉴스를 읽는 방식이 신문에서 스크린으로 바뀌고 있다. 옥스퍼드 대학 로이터 연구소의 2017년 연구에 따르면 뉴스 소비 중 온라인을 이용하는 비율이 꾸준히 증가하고 있으며 미국인의 51%이상이 소셜미디어를 통해 뉴스를 받아보고 있다. 반면에 신문 구독률은 빠르게 줄어들고 있다. 선행연구에 의하면 문자정보의 이해도는 스크린에서보다 인쇄매체에서 더 높게 나타난다. 온라인 뉴스 매체들은 양질의 뉴스를 전달하기 위해 인포그래픽 뉴스 서비스를 제공하고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 뉴스에서 인포그래픽을 사용하는 것이 독자에게 미치는 영향을 이해하고자 했다. 이를 위해 세 가지 실험이 수행되었다. 인포그래픽의 이해도는 매체에 따라 어떻게 다른지 실증 분석한 결과 스크린보다 인쇄매체에서 이해도가 더 높은 것으로 밝혀졌다. 연구 결과에 따르면 뉴스에서 인포그래픽을 사용하면 인지 효과와 수용의도 측면에서 사용자에게 긍정적인 영향을 미친다. 인쇄 뉴스와 비교할 때 온라인뉴스는 이해력 면에서 효과적이지 않다. 온라인 인포그래픽의 디자인 유형에 따라 퀴즈 정답률에는 차이가 없었지만 지각된 이해도에서는 유의미한 차이가 발견되었다.

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