Özet:

The current COVID - 19 disease is a crisis that affects people all over the world. The number of confirmed cases increased rapidly in March 2020, and the epidemic was placed in the pandemic category by the World Health Organization. Large crises such as a pandemic require major behavioral changes, imposing significant burdens on individuals. In this process all institutions, especially the health ministries of the countries, have important duties in order to reduce the negative effects of the pandemic, provide the public with the right information and guide individuals. The importance of communication tools that ensure the connection with the society in the fight against the pandemic is better understood day by day. Infographics offer great opportunities to the source and the receivers in matters requiring rapid understanding and rapid movement. Infographics, in which the information is transferred with graphics instead of long texts, allow the data to be easily understood at a glance, to establish relationships with individuals, to comprehend difficult concepts and to make the medical jargon understandable. In this study, the infographics prepared and distributed by the Ministry of Health in Turkey were examined in terms of visual design, composition and meaning and how they are used to combat the pandemic.

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