Data Visualization in Society

Martin Engebretsen, Helen Kennedy (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

464 Seiten

2020
Amsterdam University Press (Verlag)
978-94-6372-290-2 (ISBN)

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This book reflects on data visualization as a social phenomenon and on the social implications of the growth of data visualization (other books on data visualization are either dominated by a 'how-to' approach or focus on a wider range of (visual) phenomena than data visualization.

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.

Martin Engebretsen is Professor of Language and Communication at University of Agder and director of the INDVIL project (indvil.org), which provides the inspiration for this book. Helen Kennedy is Professor of Digital Society at the University of Sheffield. Her research traverses digital landscapes. She is especially interested in the datafication of everyday life.

List of tables, List of figures, Acknowledgements, Foreword: The dawn of a philosophy of visualization, 1. Introduction : The relationships between graphs, charts, maps and meanings, feelings, engagements, Section I Framing data visualization, Section II Living and working with data visualization, Section III Data visualization, learning, and literacy, Section IV Data visualization semiotics and aesthetics, Section V Data visualization and inequalities, Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	860 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Datenbanken ► Data Warehouse / Data Mining
	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► User Interfaces (HCI)
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	94-6372-290-4 / 9463722904
ISBN-13	978-94-6372-290-2 / 9789463722902
Zustand	Neuware