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Question matrix method according to divided dimensions of infographics evaluation

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The visual/image is very good expression in the cultural heritage domain. Visual archive is one of the recording techniques for cultural heritage along with the static image like a picture and the reports documenting contents in literature. One category of lively image is infographic which usually created and shared by using ICT. The infographics are widely used nowadays because the people need less time to summarize all the needed information. There is the massive amount of information flooding, especially on the internet. However, there is pretty of not so good designed infographic which has been published in the social media. So the evaluation approach is about how user distinct the bad infographics from the good infographics, also user can evaluate infographics and improve them before launch them through media. This research aims to draw the essential summary according to the important issue of infographic evaluation, for the audience can find the way to improve and create the better infographics. The paper introduces the communication theories and classifies the template types of infographics of the static and interactive infographic. The questions of evaluation dimensions bundle into the three core foundation of the infographic which are Visual, Content, and Knowledge.

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    Waralak V. Siricharoen

  2. Faculty of Information Technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Phan Cong Vinh

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Siricharoen, W.V., Vinh, P.C. Question matrix method according to divided dimensions of infographics evaluation. Pers Ubiquit Comput 21, 219–233 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-016-0988-7

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