Mapping the Landscape of COVID-19 Crisis Visualizations

In response to COVID-19, a vast number of visualizations have been created to communicate information to the public. Information exposure in a public health crisis can impact people's attitudes towards and responses to the crisis and risks, and ultimately the trajectory of a pandemic. As such, there is a need for work that documents, organizes, and investigates what COVID-19 visualizations have been presented to the public. We address this gap through an analysis of 668 COVID-19 visualizations. We present our findings through a conceptual framework derived from our analysis, that examines who, (uses) what data, (to communicate) what messages, in what form, under what circumstances in the context of COVID-19 crisis visualizations. We provide a set of factors to be considered within each component of the framework. We conclude with directions for future crisis visualization research.

Faculty Lead(s)
Andrea Parker
Student Name(s)
Yixuan (Janice) Zhang
Main Contact
Andrea Parker
Lab Name
Wellness Technology Lab
Video Title
Mapping the Landscape of COVID-19 Crisis Visualizations
Video URL
[VIDEO::https://youtu.be/QmlAx8Ynh64]