Infographics are a specialized form of visualization that combine words and pictures to
communicate a particular message–or at least it ought to be. That message is crafted to
achieve a particular outcome–or at least it ought to be. Infographics may used to
achieve several goals. For instance, they may be used to inform, to persuade, to teach,
or to move people to action. To qualify as an infographic, however, by definition they
must inform.