Basics of Information Design and Processing

Hey 415: this episode provides basic foundations and principles for information design to help you create your mock-ups and presentations. 

Check out these resources referenced in the episode:

https://material.io/design/color/the-color-system.html#tools-for-picking-colors

https://medium.muz.li/discovering-font-personality-5-font-psychology-insights-that-will-improve-your-ux-design-fd4eb3ae8413

https://www.canva.com/learn/kerning/

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Eadie, W. F. (2013). 21st century communication: A reference handbook. cognition and information processing. University of Illinois at Urbana: Sage Knowledge.

Few, S. (2014). Data visualization for human perception. In B. Whiteworth & A. Ahman (Eds.), The social design of technical systems: Building technologies for communities (2nd Edition).  UK: The Interaction Design Foundation

Ling, J., & Schaik, P. (2007). The influence of line spacing and text alignment on visual search of web pages. Displays, 28, 60-67.

MacInnis, D. J., & Price, L.L. (1987, March). The role of imagery in information processing: Review and extensions. Journal of Consumer Research, 13(4). 473-491

Mayer, R., Heiser, J., & Lonn, S. (2001). Cognitive constraints on multimedia learning: When presenting more material results in less understanding. Journal of Edcuational Psychology, 93(1), 187-198.

Rayner, K. (2009). Eye movements and attention in reading, scene perception, and visual search. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 62(8), 1457-1506.

Ritchey, K., Schuster, J., & Allen, J. (2008). How the relationship between text and headings influences readers’ memory? Contemporary Educational Psychology, 33, 859-874.

Takacs, Z. K., & Bus, A. G. (2016) Benefits of motion in animated storybooks for children's visual attention and story comprehension. An eye-tracking study. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1-12.

Wyer, R S., Hung, I., & Yuwei, J. (2008). Visual and verbal processing strategies in comprehension and judgement. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 18, 244-257.