{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4416011401","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","title":"Untangling Rhetoric, Pathos, and Aesthetics in Data Visualization","display_name":"Untangling Rhetoric, Pathos, and Aesthetics in Data Visualization","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-11-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4416011401","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","pmid":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201922"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84775595","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","issn_l":"1077-2626","issn":["1077-2626","1941-0506","2160-9306"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","pubmed"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"hybrid","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040609830","display_name":"Verena Ingrid Prantl","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9792-729X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I129774422","display_name":"University of Vienna","ror":"https://ror.org/03prydq77","country_code":"AT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I129774422"]}],"countries":["AT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Verena Prantl","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria","Doctoral School Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9792-729X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129774422"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Doctoral School Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129774422"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060664606","display_name":"Torsten M\u00f6ller","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1192-0710"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I129774422","display_name":"University of Vienna","ror":"https://ror.org/03prydq77","country_code":"AT","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I129774422"]}],"countries":["AT"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Torsten M\u00f6ller","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1192-0710","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I129774422"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043023909","display_name":"Laura Koesten","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-1759"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210113480","display_name":"Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence","ror":"https://ror.org/0258gkt32","country_code":"AE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210113480"]}],"countries":["AE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Laura Koesten","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Human-Computer Interaction, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-1759","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Human-Computer Interaction, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210113480"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.7655,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.76912224,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":97},"biblio":{"volume":"32","issue":"2","first_page":"2435","last_page":"2453"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10799","display_name":"Data Visualization and Analytics","score":0.9718999862670898,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10799","display_name":"Data Visualization and Analytics","score":0.9718999862670898,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10803","display_name":"Innovative Human-Technology Interaction","score":0.0035000001080334187,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12377","display_name":"Digital Humanities and Scholarship","score":0.002199999988079071,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1208","display_name":"Literature and Literary Theory"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/pathos","display_name":"Pathos","score":0.8919000029563904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rhetorical-question","display_name":"Rhetorical question","score":0.7264000177383423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ethos","display_name":"Ethos","score":0.6498000025749207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interpretation","display_name":"Interpretation (philosophy)","score":0.6140000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rhetoric","display_name":"Rhetoric","score":0.5986999869346619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/logos-bible-software","display_name":"Logos Bible Software","score":0.5382000207901001}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C140713313","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q633885","display_name":"Pathos","level":2,"score":0.8919000029563904},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192562157","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q316694","display_name":"Rhetorical question","level":2,"score":0.7264000177383423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776932993","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484318","display_name":"Ethos","level":2,"score":0.6498000025749207},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C527412718","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855395","display_name":"Interpretation (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.6140000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C1370556","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81009","display_name":"Rhetoric","level":2,"score":0.5986999869346619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C150506046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6667822","display_name":"Logos Bible Software","level":2,"score":0.5382000207901001},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172367668","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6504956","display_name":"Data visualization","level":3,"score":0.5133000016212463},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C12713177","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900281","display_name":"Perspective (graphical)","level":2,"score":0.5128999948501587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36464697","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q451553","display_name":"Visualization","level":2,"score":0.5012000203132629},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107038049","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35986","display_name":"Aesthetics","level":1,"score":0.5008999705314636},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.49160000681877136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47110000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3743000030517578},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C511192102","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5156948","display_name":"Comprehension","level":2,"score":0.30809998512268066},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.2685000002384186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62291451","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762471","display_name":"Rhetorical device","level":3,"score":0.26739999651908875},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199033989","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318295","display_name":"Narrative","level":2,"score":0.25540000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188147891","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q147638","display_name":"Cognitive science","level":1,"score":0.25429999828338623}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84775595","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","issn_l":"1077-2626","issn":["1077-2626","1941-0506","2160-9306"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmid:41201922","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41201922","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306525036","display_name":"PubMed","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I1299303238","host_organization_name":"National Institutes of Health","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1299303238"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tvcg.2025.3628181","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S84775595","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","issn_l":"1077-2626","issn":["1077-2626","1941-0506","2160-9306"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4847369122","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"10.47379/ICT20065","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321003","funder_display_name":"Vienna Science and Technology Fund"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321003","display_name":"Vienna Science and Technology Fund","ror":"https://ror.org/01f9mc681"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":107,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W7428220","https://openalex.org/W78163602","https://openalex.org/W372945372","https://openalex.org/W564265751","https://openalex.org/W582681728","https://openalex.org/W1532540132","https://openalex.org/W1583969316","https://openalex.org/W1589360243","https://openalex.org/W1595830831","https://openalex.org/W1970719797","https://openalex.org/W1974511691","https://openalex.org/W1976612542","https://openalex.org/W2001444410","https://openalex.org/W2003340051","https://openalex.org/W2008141991","https://openalex.org/W2020640085","https://openalex.org/W2032764820","https://openalex.org/W2034648286","https://openalex.org/W2035195490","https://openalex.org/W2044003764","https://openalex.org/W2048723149","https://openalex.org/W2048905912","https://openalex.org/W2054145706","https://openalex.org/W2056524176","https://openalex.org/W2058977039","https://openalex.org/W2083085858","https://openalex.org/W2094375335","https://openalex.org/W2103484089","https://openalex.org/W2108982845","https://openalex.org/W2116958202","https://openalex.org/W2120326355","https://openalex.org/W2126669672","https://openalex.org/W2128908789","https://openalex.org/W2138199375","https://openalex.org/W2143512323","https://openalex.org/W2144200946","https://openalex.org/W2146622339","https://openalex.org/W2157561558","https://openalex.org/W2157900633","https://openalex.org/W2165222836","https://openalex.org/W2167538547","https://openalex.org/W2276458159","https://openalex.org/W2321535813","https://openalex.org/W2329034840","https://openalex.org/W2527985817","https://openalex.org/W2543483077","https://openalex.org/W2608958399","https://openalex.org/W2617211097","https://openalex.org/W2748454491","https://openalex.org/W2802987824","https://openalex.org/W2890213417","https://openalex.org/W2898744623","https://openalex.org/W2912481189","https://openalex.org/W2917194637","https://openalex.org/W2942616522","https://openalex.org/W2952342347","https://openalex.org/W2969822557","https://openalex.org/W2995100216","https://openalex.org/W2999353723","https://openalex.org/W3004707251","https://openalex.org/W3009051979","https://openalex.org/W3012223789","https://openalex.org/W3016163547","https://openalex.org/W3029417713","https://openalex.org/W3082913540","https://openalex.org/W3083781306","https://openalex.org/W3092459946","https://openalex.org/W3101616754","https://openalex.org/W3116045445","https://openalex.org/W3118708769","https://openalex.org/W3120433203","https://openalex.org/W3121871048","https://openalex.org/W3124018482","https://openalex.org/W3127986451","https://openalex.org/W3152984944","https://openalex.org/W3157309037","https://openalex.org/W3167163394","https://openalex.org/W3185971963","https://openalex.org/W3190635930","https://openalex.org/W3201339670","https://openalex.org/W3201882462","https://openalex.org/W3202656866","https://openalex.org/W3202875110","https://openalex.org/W3203186943","https://openalex.org/W3211182882","https://openalex.org/W4200375399","https://openalex.org/W4200514534","https://openalex.org/W4206657804","https://openalex.org/W4225000481","https://openalex.org/W4229646596","https://openalex.org/W4230448979","https://openalex.org/W4230640551","https://openalex.org/W4235809384","https://openalex.org/W4242918116","https://openalex.org/W4244899881","https://openalex.org/W4246504394","https://openalex.org/W4249387008","https://openalex.org/W4249646082","https://openalex.org/W4280635175","https://openalex.org/W4285809493","https://openalex.org/W4297965116","https://openalex.org/W4300107936","https://openalex.org/W4300615176","https://openalex.org/W4366548874","https://openalex.org/W4388018862","https://openalex.org/W4402351093","https://openalex.org/W4402646033"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Contemporary":[0],"discourse":[1],"on":[2,105],"data":[3,58,120],"communication":[4],"has":[5,22],"discussed":[6],"logos":[7],"(reason)":[8],"and,":[9],"more":[10,77],"recently,":[11],"ethos":[12],"(credibility)":[13],"extensively.":[14],"While":[15],"the":[16,27,101,123],"concept":[17],"of":[18,52,68,80,97,125,134],"pathos":[19,112],"(emotional":[20],"appeal)":[21],"received":[23],"growing":[24],"attention":[25],"in":[26,30,66,84,118],"visualization":[28],"community":[29],"recent":[31],"years,":[32],"its":[33],"connection":[34],"to":[35,93],"related":[36],"concepts":[37],"such":[38],"as":[39,114],"rhetoric":[40],"and":[41,60,64,86,130],"aesthetics":[42],"remains":[43],"underexplored.":[44],"In":[45],"this":[46],"paper,":[47],"we":[48,109],"provide":[49],"working":[50],"definitions":[51],"these":[53,82,136],"terms,":[54],"contextualize":[55],"them":[56],"within":[57],"visualization,":[59],"explore":[61],"their":[62,69,98],"overlaps":[63],"differences":[65],"light":[67],"historical":[70,73],"development.":[71],"This":[72],"perspective":[74],"offers":[75],"a":[76,94,115],"holistic":[78],"understanding":[79],"how":[81,111,135],"approaches":[83],"science":[85],"philosophy":[87],"have":[88],"evolved":[89],"over":[90],"time,":[91],"contributing":[92],"deeper":[95],"comprehension":[96],"integration":[99],"into":[100],"design":[102],"process.":[103],"Drawing":[104],"Campbell's":[106],"seven":[107],"circumstances,":[108],"illustrate":[110],"functions":[113],"rhetorical":[116,126],"strategy":[117],"contemporary":[119],"visualizations,":[121],"examining":[122],"interplay":[124],"strategies,":[127],"aesthetic":[128],"qualities,":[129],"offering":[131],"our":[132],"interpretation":[133],"elements":[137],"work":[138],"together.":[139]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-11-07T00:00:00"}