Sounds Uncertain: Exploring the Affective Aspects of Sonification for Uncertainty Visualization

📅 2026-08-19
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研究通过共同设计实验探讨声音化如何在不确定性可视化中传达情感,发现波状声音常与不确定性相关联,清晰放松的声音则代表中立。
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Affective visualization can influence how users perceive, interpret, and engage with data by embedding and conveying emotion through visual design. While sound is widely used in media to evoke emotions, little is known about how sonification can support affective visualization. In this work, we investigate how sonification can communicate emotion in uncertainty visualizations through a co-design study. Participants created two sonifications to accompany a visualization: one conveying the affective component of uncertainty and one conveying neutrality. Our findings show that uncertainty was commonly associated with wavy auditory qualities related to an ominous sentiment. On the other hand, neutrality was associated with clear and relaxing auditory qualities. These results provide insights for the design of visualizations that integrate sonification to communicate the affective component of uncertainty.
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