IB ENGLISH A: Paper 1 - Infographics
Summary
TLDRIn this video, Andrew and Dave, the 'IB English guys', discuss the importance of infographics for IB English exams. They identify five organizational strategies used in infographics: chronological, hierarchical, problem-solution, cause-effect, and comparative. They then delve into infographic conventions, such as titles, subheadings, icons, charts, and color psychology. Using a poverty-themed infographic as an example, they analyze its structure, language, and visual elements, emphasizing the significance of understanding these aspects for effective analysis.
Takeaways
- 📚 Andrew and Dave are the 'IB English guys' who provide resources for IB English exams, including study guides for Paper 1 and Paper 2, and an individual oral planning guide.
- 🗓 As exams approach, they emphasize the importance of their website's materials for exam preparation.
- 📊 They discuss infographics in response to a YouTube comment, highlighting their rich visual text and language as a great subject for discussion.
- 🔍 They identify five main organizational strategies used in infographics: Chronological, Hierarchical, Problem-Solution, Cause and Effect, and Comparative.
- 📝 They suggest looking holistically at infographics to understand their structural patterns.
- 🏷️ Key infographic conventions include titles, subheadings, icons, charts, graphs, lists, color, typography, sources, visual metaphors, statistics, labels, comparisons, and interactive elements.
- 🌐 They analyze an infographic about poverty, noting its Problem-Solution structure and the use of visual metaphors and icons to convey information.
- 📈 The infographic uses a graph to show the disparity between people falling into and escaping poverty, with a personal story to add qualitative impact.
- 🎨 The color scheme of the infographic, particularly the use of black, gray, and yellow, is discussed to convey the seriousness and urgency of the poverty issue.
- 🔗 The infographic concludes with a call to action, directing viewers to read a report and engage with the organization on social media.
Q & A
What are some key organizational strategies commonly used in infographics?
-The five key organizational strategies mentioned are chronological, hierarchical, problem-solution, cause and effect, and comparative structures.
Why is it important to pay attention to the title and subheadings in infographics?
-The title and subheadings often contain critical information such as the purpose or main message of the infographic. Subheadings can also hide purpose statements and offer key insights into the infographic's content.
How do icons play a role in infographics?
-Icons in infographics serve as visual symbols that represent broader ideas or concepts, making information more accessible and easier to understand at a glance.
What is the significance of color in infographics?
-Colors in infographics are chosen intentionally to evoke specific emotions or highlight certain values. For example, yellow may indicate caution or alarm, while dark tones like black and gray convey seriousness.
Why is typography considered an important feature in infographics?
-Typography, including font size and type, helps structure the information and draw attention to important sections, aiding in the readability and overall effectiveness of the infographic.
What are interactive elements in infographics, and why are they significant?
-Interactive elements, such as clickable buttons and links, guide the reader to further information or encourage sharing on social media. They help extend the reach of the infographic beyond just being a static visual.
How do comparisons function in infographics?
-Comparisons highlight similarities and differences between two or more elements, helping to draw contrasts or illustrate relationships. This can make the data more relatable and easier to analyze.
How are statistical elements like graphs used in infographics?
-Graphs, such as bar charts and pie charts, are used to present data visually in a way that is easier to understand. They can quickly convey patterns, trends, or disparities without needing long explanations.
Why is reliability of information important in infographics, and how can it be assessed?
-The reliability of an infographic is important because it ensures the data being presented is trustworthy. Sources should be clearly listed, often in footnotes or a works cited section, allowing readers to verify the information.
What does the 'problem-solution' structure in infographics usually entail?
-A 'problem-solution' structure in infographics typically outlines an issue or challenge and then presents one or more proposed solutions. This format is often used by non-governmental and governmental organizations to address societal issues.
Outlines
📚 Introduction to IB English Resources and Infographics
Andrew and Dave introduce themselves as the IB English guys and mention their website full of study materials for paper one and paper two. They have also released an individual oral planning guide. They discuss their YouTube channel where they saw a comment requesting a video on infographics. They decide to create the video because infographics are rich in visual text and language. They share five organizational strategies often used in infographics: chronological, hierarchical, problem-solution, cause and effect, and comparative. They emphasize the importance of looking at infographics holistically to understand their structural patterns.
📊 Analyzing Infographics: Organizational Structures and Conventions
The hosts delve into the organizational strategies of infographics, using a specific example about poverty. They discuss the problem-solution structure, highlighting the global issue of poverty and the solutions offered. They analyze the visual elements, such as the title, subtitle, icons, and pictograms, and how they guide the viewer's eye. They also discuss the use of graphs, lists, color psychology, typography, and the importance of the source of information. They emphasize the language used in infographics and how it can impact the viewer.
🌐 Deconstructing a Poverty-Themed Infographic
Andrew and Dave deconstruct a specific infographic about poverty, noting its problem-solution structure. They analyze the visual pathway, the title, subtitle, and the use of icons to represent the problems of poverty. They discuss the use of a graph to show the disparity between people falling into and escaping poverty. They also highlight a personal story represented by an icon to humanize the issue. In the solution section, they discuss the use of icons and lists to represent elements that can help individuals escape poverty. They analyze the color palette, noting the use of yellow as a warning sign and black and gray to convey the seriousness of poverty. They conclude by discussing the logo and call to action, encouraging viewers to learn more and take action.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Infographics
💡Organizational Strategies
💡Chronological Structure
💡Hierarchical Structure
💡Problem-Solution
💡Cause and Effect
💡Comparative
💡Visual Pathways
💡Language
💡Color Psychology
💡Interactive Elements
Highlights
Andrew and Dave introduce themselves as the IB English guys and mention their website with study materials for exams.
They have released a new individual oral planning guide for students starting year two.
The discussion is sparked by a YouTube comment requesting a video about infographics.
Infographics are described as rich visual texts with various language features.
Five main organizational strategies used in infographics are mentioned.
Chronological structure in infographics shows passage of time or sequence.
Hierarchical structure is used to represent different power levels or organizational levels.
Problem-solution structure is common in infographics, especially by NGOs and nonprofits.
Cause and effect approach is used to analyze situations and their implications.
Comparative structure is used to compare ideas or groups to show similarities and differences.
Importance of holistically examining infographics to understand their structural patterns.
The first infographic convention discussed is the title and its importance.
Subheadings often contain the purpose statement in infographics.
Icons in infographics are symbols representing ideas or concepts.
Charts and graphs are used to convey information visually instead of long paragraphs.
Lists and bullets are used for concise and easy-to-digest text in infographics.
Color choices in infographics convey emotions and values.
Typography, including font size and type, plays a role in infographics.
Reliability of information is checked through sources mentioned in infographics.
Visual metaphors are used differently from icons to convey messages.
Statistics in infographics convey data and information persuasively.
Labels and clear identification are important elements in infographics.
Comparisons in infographics help in contrasting different products or ideas.
Interactive elements in online infographics invite users to explore more or share.
An infographic about poverty is analyzed using the discussed conventions.
The infographic uses a problem-solution structure to address global poverty.
Language used in infographics can imply the struggle of people experiencing poverty.
A graph in the infographic shows the disparity between people falling into and escaping poverty.
Qualitative data is represented through an individual's life history in the infographic.
The solution section of the infographic offers a three-step approach to tackle poverty.
Color palette in the infographic signifies the seriousness and alarm of the poverty issue.
The logo of the organization is interpreted as representing incompleteness and the need for action.
Interactive elements like buttons and links encourage further exploration and action on the topic.
The video concludes with a reminder to look for effects, implications, color, and language when analyzing infographics.
Transcripts
hi I'm Andrew and I'm Dave and we're the
IB English guys don't forget everybody
as the exams are approaching that we
have a website full of great materials
we have a paper one and paper two study
guide that we think is really helpful
we've also just released an individual
oral planning guide so those of you in
year one or just starting year two if
that assessment's coming up you might
want to check out that Resource as well
it's really powerful uh Giles what are
we talking about today and why are we
talking about it yeah well we saw a
comment on the YouTube channel and we
read those religiously every morning
with our coffee and we saw that someone
asked for us to do a video about
infographics and we thought hey
infographics are very rich visual text
with all kinds of Rich language and so
we thought it was a great idea because
they make great text to talk about yeah
they are great Tech they're doing our
research on infographics we came up with
sort of uh five main organizational
strategies that lots of infographics are
using and we'd like to present those to
you now Mr Jaws what's one strategy that
you've come up with an organizational
structure yeah so we want to think about
some some infographics use a Chrono
logical structure and then again they're
going to show that sort of passage of
time or some kind of sequence with time
so it might be chronological yeah you
also see a hierarchical structure for
some infographics that's going to be
different elements of power and you
might see that Mr Giles if you're
looking at an organization or other
business entity where you have something
on top then another level down then
another level down sometimes those are
shown through pyramids as well but
you're looking at different power levels
yeah different levels that's great
another another uh organizational
strategy is problem solution again this
a lot of infographics are made by
non-governmental governmental
organizations nonprofits so again
they're looking at a problem and then
offering a solution yeah similarly those
organizations might employ a cause and
effect approach as well looking at what
may have caused this situation and what
are the effects of the implications of
the situation cause and effect and
there's one more Mr Johnson yeah the
last one is comparative so they might be
looking at two comparative ideas or two
comparative groups and that might be
organized so that we can see the
similarities and differences between
those now I think what's important to
think about is that these are five
different organizational patterns look
at it holistically and ask yourself how
is this laid out what is the structural
pattern I think that's a good way into
the infographic all right Mr Giles what
do you say we look at some infographic
conventions go over those and then in
the last part of our video we can apply
those two in infographic yeah don't
forget always we have a handout that's
attached to this video and you want to
look at that the first the first
convention we're going to think about is
the title we want to really examine the
title carefully and think about how
that's formatted and what that says yeah
also you want to look at the subheadings
you'll find that under the title
oftentimes the purpose statement is
hiding in there Mr Giles so you want to
look very carefully about the
subheadings and see if you can find some
key information there yeah infographics
all infographics use icons and these
icons are symbols that represent ideas
or concepts we want to really unpack
them yeah you'll see charts and graphs
as well of course they're trying to give
lots of information but rather than
conveying long paragraphs they're going
to try to represent that visually
through charts and graphs yeah it could
be like pie charts and and bar graphs
and things like that we also have lists
and bullets that again these are concise
easy to digest uh text so we want to
think about things that are bulleted out
and organized that way yeah color is
very interesting as well Mr Giles of
course the IB is now printing all their
exams and colors so you want to pay
close attention to that color palette
and think about what emotions or what
value methods are sort of conveyed
through the color choices yeah color
psychology that's great typography we
want to think about our fonts we don't
think about font size font type and
think about how typography might come
into play yeah you want to think about
the reliability of the information as
well look for the sources oftentimes
you'll see that as a footnote or in the
footer at the bottom of the infographic
that's critical oftentimes you'll see
other sources it's almost like a works
cited page where do they get the
information from can you trust this
infographic yeah the next is a visual
metaphor so again visuals can be met
abused metaphorically and and I think
that's really interesting to look at
it's a little different from icons yeah
because it's an informational text type
look for statistics lots of data and
information will be conveyed that way
and that will be persuasive as well yeah
we want to look for labels things that
are labeled and clearly identified again
that's a that's again something to look
for yeah infographics also have
comparisons Mr Giles sometimes you'll be
looking at one or two products or more
than two ideas they want to compare and
contrast between these ideas or elements
look for comparisons the last one I
think is important for a lot of texts
that you're going to see in the exams is
that interactive elements most texts
that you see on exams are actually
online text clickable buttons and and
things to to invite us to go elsewhere
to learn more or share those kinds of
things social media yeah now that we've
gone over some of those key features and
conventions of infographics let's go
ahead and dive into one right now as you
can see it on the screen Mr Giles can
you just give us like a one or two
sentence summary of what we're looking
at yeah so first of all I noticed that
this is this this infographic is about
poverty it's organized by an
organization
um down at the bottom we see the name of
the organization The Chronic property uh
chronic poverty AI advisory network so
again this is about poverty it's a
problem solution structure I see that we
know that Global poverty is an issue and
they're offering some good Solutions
yeah I almost see it like three levels
Mr Giles I see like a top horizontal bar
a middle horizontal bar and then sort of
that solution is the bottom horizontal
bar so I almost see the infographic
dividing structurally into thirds that's
great that's how I might talk about it
and they're inviting us that visual path
is so vital when they construct these uh
infographics I want to think about that
we read from left to right from top to
bottom yeah so they're logical well
assuming that visual pathway Mr Jaws
we're going to start in the upper left
hand corner and I noticed the title of
this infographic is getting to zero
poverty by 2030 and then we see a
subtitle the road out of poverty is
rarely a smooth one-way Street uh and
then there's an icon there Mr Giles can
you analyze and interpret that for us
that looks like a visual visual metaphor
Hit Me That Again is and that invitation
of why that question why they're they're
making us think about this uh smoothness
it's not a small smooth one-way Street I
think that icon really indicates that
yeah and then the icon being a roadside
itself is sort of pointing you at the
visual Pathways telling you to move to
the right so off we go right yeah notice
that they're even offering the solution
getting to zero poverty by 2030 they're
saying this is their goal this is the
goal that's really optimistic they're
not just like hitting us with the the
difficulties of poverty they're actually
encouraging us let's get out of this
exactly now and that upper third if we
call this the problem aspect of the
infographic uh I see three problems
which is a sort of that nice tri-cola
number what do you notice about the way
that information is presented Mr Giles
yeah well in that in that first panel we
notice that they're talking about that
that how people stay in poverty over
over a matter of time and I think that
also might show the different
Generations the way poverty can be
passed down and again we we see that
visually represented with the icons and
the pictograms of the three figures with
the zero dollars over there pictograms I
like that one yeah yeah Mr Jaws if I
look at that second box I see the circle
with the backslash in there and and that
indicates no something missing and we
see that money is missing and that
agriculture is missing from this
person's life leading to impoverished
impoverishment and I think that's
notable yeah we see the label at the
bottom right that that label is
important that's that's again
identifying the last one has this Soul
figure then the pictogram of the
individual with the thought bubble and I
like that thought bubble that really
shows that these are his internal
worries or concerns then it talks about
how people that lack the skills in the
education and those icons that note the
different things that they're missing
that they're kind of longing for yeah so
I think that's interesting Mr Charles
one thing I'd like to add is you know we
can't just ignore the language I love
the phrase hit by shocks it almost
implies that you know these people who
are experiencing poverty have done
nothing wrong but something's happened
to them yeah I like the way that verb
comes out permanently above the pot
heads you know keeping their heads
permanently above the poverty line it's
almost like they're drowning right
they're just trying to keep their heads
don't forget to explore the language as
well yeah let's go to the middle third
now of this infographic I see a graph Mr
Giles and that's one of the things we're
meant to look for what is the
infographic trying to accomplish with
this graph here yeah the graph's
interesting because the graph indicates
that that that people that fall into
poverty far outnumber the people that
escape poverty and that's clearly
identified the gray lines in the bar
graph are the people that fall into
poverty and the white or the people that
escape poverty so it's very easy to
identify that in all of these different
countries notice we're talking about
many different continents here Mexico
and Senegal and Tanzania we see that
it's the same pattern it's very macro
they're looking very macro at the
problem well that's interesting because
we have the macro there we're looking at
sort of that information is is
quantitative it was taken from
statistics but then on the right hand
side we have some qualitative data and
we see a man named Emmanuel represented
by an icon rather than his photograph
and then is labeled as a life history
this is interesting this is cool talk
about it I love that because it's again
it's personalizing it I think whenever
we have an anecdote or a story that's
individual that that's again we know
that that's gonna that's gonna have more
of an impact and we see his lifespan
when he's born how he attends primary
school but then again we have famine and
some of the things that have befallen
Emmanuel emmanueli uh you know I think
it's interesting like these are the
things that he struggles and that he's
he struggles with right he has divorce
he has you know he can't afford to take
care of his family one thing to add I
think the choice of presenting this as a
lying graph is really interesting
because we see this broken you know it
has ups and downs it's very inconsistent
and that shows how volatile that
person's life is that's just how how
volatile it is being in poverty some
days you're doing well and other days
you're doing really poorly so yeah if
you look at that over time it's really
tapering off his well-being has really
declined so again that really makes us
think about that's a person there now
luckily there is a solution to all this
hardship and we see that in the bottom
one-third of the infographic can you
talk about holistically what you notice
there Mr Jones well the first thing I
noticed with that pictogram of that
person with the backpack is definitely
the biggest uh biggest icon in the
entire infographic and again him
climbing or her climbing is again very
significant to show that sort of sense
of growth and Improvement right yeah and
also wearing the backpack I went
backpacking when this guy over the
summer carrying a bunch of stuff in your
backpacks hard work and I think the
implication here we can infer that that
chronic poverty advisory network wants
to tell us that hey we can do something
but this is a challenge this is a climb
you got to put on your heavy backpacking
and go for it yeah and then they have
the icons that are that and then they
also have the list next to the icon so
like hey in case you were wondering we
know that the first icons education the
second is the social assistance these
are all the elements of that are going
to equip the this person to get out of
here yeah and I love that yeah we have a
poverty line at the bottom and the
person is going up the steps it looks
like a three-step approach three
distinct objectives one tackle chronic
poverty that's the lower level two stop
impoverishment and then three build
sustained escapes from poverty it's
almost like a a chronological sequence
of how to accomplish this and get out of
poverty tackle stop build and finally I
think we should talk about color because
I think the color palette is really
important what do you notice about the
yellow well Mr Jaws I think you know we
have this whole you know road map we
have a pathway a one-way Street you know
and I think that if we're on a road we
need road signs and I see this whole
issue as being presented with alarm and
danger and that's often the color black
and yellow is the kind of road sign you
see when there's danger so I think
that's kind of the yellow light it's
flashing warning it's a warning sign yes
that's good and again I think the black
and gray those are serious colors and
they're they're you know and again the
seriousness of poverty they want us to
really poverty and pink pastels don't
really go together no this is an
alarming issue we need alarming colors
to show caution yeah I agree once you
talk about the logo lastly yeah I think
you know if you wanted to take on the
logo I mean there is a call to action
there at the end it says read The
Chronic poverty report uh you know you
can take action by going to the website
you can follow them on Twitter and then
their logo is interesting it's sort of
this uh this icon or this logo where you
have one square kind of falling off it's
almost representing something that's
incomplete something's missing almost
that this organization understands that
you know we're not whole there's a group
of us in the population of the planet
missing we have to somehow bring this
this part back to the whole I think
maybe that's why they have that
cautionary yellowed Square falling off
that's a great interpretation I like the
interactive elements we talked about
right the buttons and the the links that
are like Hey we're not done this is the
nympho this is information but this is
not we can't just read an infographic
and solve poverty you need to read more
about it and I think that's important
folks in the end we hope this video is
helpful I know a lot of you have been
asking for infographics remember we gave
you five different ways to organize we
gave you about 20 different terms and
we've deconstructed this look carefully
as you're looking at your infographics
on assessment make sure you're looking
for effects implications color and Crush
that and good luck on your assessment
yeah good luck guys
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