The Story Development of Penal Law Online News Articles Visualization

Abstract

Penal law online news articles develop a story about penal procedure activities over a longer period of time. The length and depth of the story can be such that it is difficult to track for readers. We present Law Vis, a visualization technique for exploring and communicating story developed by penal law online news articles. Law Vis shows a sequence of events in a story and first time that an event is reported. The sequence of event is showed together with complementary information or event entities such as time, location and actor. Law Vis further provides specific information for a specific event. Law Vis is used for tracking a story from a popular case. Law Vis can help track a story easily, but it still has trouble in search and filter events.