Data Visualization in Society

Bibliographic Data

ID6529210
AuthorsMartin Engebretsen, Helen Kennedy (0000-0003-0273-3825)
Year2020
Pages441
Publication date2020-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueData Visualization in Society (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherAmsterdam University Press (PUBLISHER • NL)
OpenAlexW3021947890
ISBN9789463722902
Open LibraryOL31366760M
Google BooksZyzYDwAAQBAJ
LanguageEN
References cited11

Today we are witnessing an increased use of data visualization in society. Across domains such as work, education and the news, various forms of graphs, charts and maps are used to explain, convince and tell stories. In an era in which more and more data are produced and circulated digitally, and digital tools make visualization production increasingly accessible, it is important to study the conditions under which such visual texts are generated, disseminated and thought to be of societal benefit. This book is a contribution to the multi-disciplined and multi-faceted conversation concerning the forms, uses and roles of data visualization in society. Do data visualizations do 'good' or 'bad'? Do they promote understanding and engagement, or do they do ideological work, privileging certain views of the world over others? The contributions in the book engage with these core questions from a range of disciplinary perspectives

Conversation · Data analysis: general · Data science · Data visualization · Discipline · Information visualization · Media studies · Social science · Sociology · Visualization · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Mathematics · Media Studies

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