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ARTS2090 Publics & Publishing

Explore casualties from the Haiti and Japan earthquakes visually, highlighting scale differences. Learn how our visualization engages the public and understand its limitations and strengths.

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ARTS2090 Publics & Publishing

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  1. ARTS2090 Publics & Publishing Visualisation:  Comparing the impact of the Haiti earthquake (2010) & Japans' earthquake (2011)  Winnie Ho, Kirsten Low, Molly McAleer, Carmarlena Murdaca

  2. A preliminary visualisation created with 'ManyEyes'

  3. Our Visualisation:

  4. Brief explanation of our visualisation: • A direct comparison of the casualties between the quakes of Japan and Haiti to give a sense of scale • Used Many Eyes to create our preliminary visualisation • Then merged the pie charts with maps of Haiti and Japan to make it more interesting

  5. What does our visualisation do to the public? • Simple to understand and interpret the data •  "The more information, the less attention" -   Michael Erard • Capturing attention • Allows the public interpret the data themselves

  6. Limitations: • Stephen Few: circles aren't always reliable because of inaccuracy • Conflicting data from different sources • Recent events = data constantly updating

  7. Strengths: • Simple and straightforward • Clearly communicates the information to a broad range of people • Aesthetics mentally engage the public • Retains the attention of the public

  8. References Link to our Many Eyes visualisation: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/visualizations/comparing-the-toll-of-the-japanese • "Case Study: What is good visualisation?", Dataviz, accessed 12 May 2011, <http://improving-visualisation.org/case-studies/id=6> • 'Earthquakes with 50,000 or more deaths', USGS, accessed 6 May 2011, <http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/most_destructive.php> • Erard, M 2009, ‘A short manifesto on the future of attention’, Observatory, accessed 6 April 2011, <http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=10297> • Few, S 2010, 'Our Irresistible Fascination with All Things Circular', Visual Business Intelligence Newsletter, <http://www.perceptualedge.com/articles/visual_business_intelligence/our_fascination_with_all_things_circular.pdf> • The World Factbook, Haiti, CIA, accessed 6 May 2011, <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ha.html> • The World Factbook, Japan, CIA, accessed 6 May 2011, <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html> • The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, Wikipedia, accessed 6 May 2011,<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami> • 2010 Haiti earthquake, Wikipedia, accessed 6 May 2011, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Haiti_earthquake>

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