TY  - BOOK
AU  - Engebretsen, Martin
AU  - Kennedy, Helen
AB  - 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.
DO  - 10.5117/9789463722902
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1007903
KW  - Media studies
KW  - information
KW  - visualization
KW  - data analysis
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/da811a79-99fd-4ad7-b52e-45076a32beb4/9789048543137.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/22273
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
PP  - Amsterdam
PY  - 2020
SN  - 9789463722902
TI  - Data Visualization in Societynull
ER  - 
