1_Ph.D. Research

My interest is persuasive usages of digital media, specifically ones empowered by information visualization.

Infovis for Pursuasive Purposes

I am interested in the alternative uses of information visualization beyond analytic and scientific purposes. In fact, there have been many approaches regarding the illustrative and communicative aspects of infovis; social visualization, casual infovis, data visualization for narrative, and etc. My focus is a growing cultural phenomena where information visualizations are used as a persuasive [...]

Games for Local Community Awareness

My current project is a game, which is labeled as “news game” or “persuasive game.” The basic game mechanics is a management game where a player should run a multi-cultural grocery market. In this game, I reflect the diverse origins of foreign populations in a local community. (Sorry I cannot tell more about this, since [...]