Re-understanding of data storytelling tools from a narrative perspective

Abstract

With a large number of data stories expressed in diverse genres of narrative visualization, storytelling is currently growing in popularity in the field of visualization. In this paper, we investigate the data storytelling literature over the last 10 years and suggest a brand-new classification scheme for authoring tools from narrative perspectives. Our classification scheme comprehensively and meticulously summarizes the collected papers. By arranging papers in each category by publication date, we identify the popular topics, and present the current status and future directions of the development of data storytelling authoring tools. There are two contributions in our paper. First, we propose a novel taxonomy that includes two main categories and four sub-categories to classify narrative perspectives in data storytelling authoring tools. Second, we discuss and highlight research challenges and promising potential future research opportunities. We hope that this survey will promote the discussion of data storytelling tools and provide a reference for researchers who wish to delve more deeply into the research areas covered in this field.