Infographics in Regional Online Media (On the Materials of the Internet Media of the Siberian Federal District): Quantitative Aspect

Abstract

Purpose. This article reflects the program and the main research questions to describe the place of infographics on the media sites of the biggest Siberian cities. On the first stage of the research there were generated the solid sample of the infographics produced by six online media of Novosibirsk, five - of Krasnoyarsk and five - of Omsk. Results. The empirical base shows, chronologically, how the format is penetrated and developed the editorial boards of these media, given the number published on these website infographic in different years, revealed the media who regularly use this format, and media who do it rather rare. It is shown that this format is used by regional media quite selectively, only a few media creates more than a fifteen infographics per year. Nevertheless, the total number of infographics that could be found and included in the empirical base is quite large: more than five hundred infographics. They presents as standalone products in the sections allocated specifically for them, so the form of illustrations for reviews, articles and notes. Conclusions. They presents as standalone products in the sections allocated specifically for them, so the form of illustrations for reviews, articles and notes. At the second stage of the study, the method of content analysis will be applied to the formed empirical base, we also plan to analyze the auditoria indicators of the relevant projects, interview experts in the editorial offices to find out peculiarities of the production process.