The US newspaper USA Today used to be criticized (pre-Internet) for watering down the news and appealing to the masses because of their over-simplified presentations in graphical formats rather than presenting the news stories in greater detail with words. All style, no substance. Funny, how today the concept of a “newspaper” is quickly fading, while infographics are growing in popularity.
I am not criticizing infographics; I find them extremely helpful and valuable as resources, when they are assembled with primary sources by or with input from content matter experts. However, as anyone can make and “publish” an infographic online, one needs the same set of search skills and filters to identify a quality infographic resource as performing straight Internet searches (Google).
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