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The communicative power of knowledge visualizations in mobilizing information and communication technology research

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  • Judy van Biljon
  • Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson

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This editorial explores knowledge visualization, a field of study that investigates the power of visual formats to represent knowledge, as a strategy to enhance knowledge mobilization of results from ICT4D research. We highlight the fact that there are evidence-based guidelines for creating and crafting visualizations in academic writing. We also provide some visualization examples that highlight general knowledge visualization criteria such as anchor and extend, familiarity, clarity and consistency, include text, prudent simplicity and aesthetics. Although visualization is not the central theme of any of the papers in this issue, the papers offer a variety of visualization techniques as appropriate to the knowledge domain.

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  • Judy van Biljon & Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, 2020. "The communicative power of knowledge visualizations in mobilizing information and communication technology research," Information Technology for Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(4), pages 637-652, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:titdxx:v:26:y:2020:i:4:p:637-652
    DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2020.1821954
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    1. Sylvain Cibangu, 2022. "Posters and Development: A Case Study of Cell Phone Posters in the Rural Congo," Journal of Social and Development Sciences, AMH International, vol. 12(4), pages 16-38.
    2. Antonio Rodríguez Andrés & Abraham Otero & Voxi Heinrich Amavilah, 2022. "Knowledge economy classification in African countries: A model-based clustering approach," Information Technology for Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(2), pages 372-396, April.

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