0 M. Farrugia A. Quigley 2011 Journal of Information Visualization <p>Graph drawing algorithms have classically addressed the layout of static graphs. However, the&nbsp;need to draw evolving or dynamic graphs has brought into question many of the assumptions,&nbsp;conventions and layout methods designed to date. For example, social scientists studying evolving&nbsp;social networks have created a demand for visual representations of graphs changing over time.&nbsp;Two common approaches to represent temporal information in graphs include animation of the&nbsp;network and use of static snapshots of the network at di erent points in time. Here we report&nbsp;on two experiments, one in a laboratory environment and another using an asynchronous remote&nbsp;web based platform, Mechanical Turk, to compare the e ciency of animated displays versus static&nbsp;displays. Four tasks are studied with each visual representation, two characterise overview level&nbsp;information presentation, and two characterise micro level analytical tasks. The results of this&nbsp;study indicate that static representations are generally more e ective particularly in terms to time&nbsp;performance, when compared to fully animated movie representations of dynamic networks</p>