Visual+Literacy

= Visual Literacy =

I interpret this table as a study of how Americans consume different food sources like hot dogs, chicken and Big Macs from McDonald’s. It shows the different traits of American eating habits by comparing the consumption of fast food and hot dogs to healthier options such as chicken. Although this table has cute little pictures to decorate it, it doesn’t grab the reader’s eye and is a bit unorganized. The table is too flat and ambiguous without enough depth. According to the PAT model, this table needs more of a hierarchy approach to show the difference in numbers and I would also change the alignment and proximity of the figures to be more visually appealing. If this table was set up like a wheel or pie graph with each statistical category a different color and the font sizes all different to show importance, it would be much more eye-catching. The name of the table should also be more powerful and bigger to catch the audience eye. Overall, with a few tweaks to the structure of the model by realigning the statistics and changing the font size and depth would make this model more visually stunning.