Comments on: PDF: Visualizing the political blogosphere http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/23/pdf-visualizing-the-political-blogosphere/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stan Magniant http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/23/pdf-visualizing-the-political-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1217432 Stan Magniant Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:36:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-1217432 Dear Ethan, You were one of the first to blog about this visualization of the political blogosphere presented at the PDF conference. I thought you might be interested in the follow-up study, which now shows the dynamics of information, spreading in real-time across the network. Here's a short video of this experiment (http://vimeo.com/1809757?pg=embed&sec=1809757), using the example of the uber viral video of Paris Hilton's reponse to McCain. Best, Dear Ethan,
You were one of the first to blog about this visualization of the political blogosphere presented at the PDF conference.
I thought you might be interested in the follow-up study, which now shows the dynamics of information, spreading in real-time across the network. Here’s a short video of this experiment (http://vimeo.com/1809757?pg=embed&sec=1809757), using the example of the uber viral video of Paris Hilton’s reponse to McCain.

Best,

]]> By: Fascinating graph of political blog network « Later On http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/23/pdf-visualizing-the-political-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1052062 Fascinating graph of political blog network « Later On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:11:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-1052062 [...] Posted in Daily life tagged blogs, politics at 9:11 am by LeisureGuy Via Kevin Drum, this interactive graph of the political blogs, news sites, and their interconnections. (Explanation here.) [...] [...] Posted in Daily life tagged blogs, politics at 9:11 am by LeisureGuy Via Kevin Drum, this interactive graph of the political blogs, news sites, and their interconnections. (Explanation here.) [...]

]]> By: One Attempt At Making Political Banter on the Web Easier to Understand, Ignore / Jossip http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/23/pdf-visualizing-the-political-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1051912 One Attempt At Making Political Banter on the Web Easier to Understand, Ignore / Jossip Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:08:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-1051912 [...] Ethan Zuckerman explains: “The graphs are influence graphs, showing who links to one another within “like-minded” [...] [...] Ethan Zuckerman explains: “The graphs are influence graphs, showing who links to one another within “like-minded” [...]

]]> By: You Are Here [Karl] http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/23/pdf-visualizing-the-political-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1050867 You Are Here [Karl] Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:16:28 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-1050867 [...] Ethan Zuckerman writes: “The idea here is to look at linking between political blogs in only a political [...] [...] Ethan Zuckerman writes: “The idea here is to look at linking between political blogs in only a political [...]

]]> By: galiel http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/23/pdf-visualizing-the-political-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1050698 galiel Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:12:25 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-1050698 I worry that these gorgeous visualizations can hide biases introduced by a) the data that is chosen to be represented, vs the data that is not, and b) by tweaking the layout of the nodes. The "wow" can be seductive, but what can we do, as producers of the data, to ensure that we make these underlying decisions transparents; and, as consumers, how we can develop the skills, even the intuition, to interpret the data presented without losing sight of the "noise" introduced by the visualization medium (and by subtle choices and manipulations - innocent or not - of the visualizer). I worry that these gorgeous visualizations can hide biases introduced by a) the data that is chosen to be represented, vs the data that is not, and b) by tweaking the layout of the nodes. The “wow” can be seductive, but what can we do, as producers of the data, to ensure that we make these underlying decisions transparents; and, as consumers, how we can develop the skills, even the intuition, to interpret the data presented without losing sight of the “noise” introduced by the visualization medium (and by subtle choices and manipulations – innocent or not – of the visualizer).

]]> By: Fun with Data Mining : Porch Dog http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2008/06/23/pdf-visualizing-the-political-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1050266 Fun with Data Mining : Porch Dog Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:19:07 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=2100#comment-1050266 [...] that was before I ran into this [via Crooked Timber]. This handy dandy little map allows you to follow some of the biggest blogs in [...] [...] that was before I ran into this [via Crooked Timber]. This handy dandy little map allows you to follow some of the biggest blogs in [...]

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