{"id":143209,"date":"2010-01-05T21:32:42","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T02:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2010\/01\/chart_wars_the_political_power_of_data_visualization.html"},"modified":"2010-01-05T21:32:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T02:32:42","slug":"chart-wars-the-political-power-of-data-visualization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/143209","title":{"rendered":"Chart Wars: The Political Power of Data Visualization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"chart_wars_talk.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/chart_wars_talk.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"mt-image-none\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\nA great, short talk by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.targetpointconsulting.com\/\">TargetPoint<\/a>&#8216;s VP and Director of Research, Alex Lundry, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ignite-dc.com\/\">DC Ignite<\/a>. He addresses the issues of subjective messaging through visualization, the emergence of open data, some ideal data visualization tools, a set of quick lessons in graphic literacy, and a short list of recommended visualization books, all within the time span of 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the movie <a href=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2010\/01\/chart_wars_the_political_power_of_data_visualization.html#extended\">below<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"http:\/\/infosthetics.com\/archives\/2009\/07\/political_chart_wars_health-care_reform_obfuscated_by_infographics.html\">Political Chart Wars<\/a> for more information about the subject. Via <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sunlightfoundation.com\/2010\/01\/05\/chart-wars-the-political-power-of-data-visualization\/\">Sunlight Foundation Blog<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ym713jz5dtJbWoHG_LBT125j2Cw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ym713jz5dtJbWoHG_LBT125j2Cw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ym713jz5dtJbWoHG_LBT125j2Cw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/Ym713jz5dtJbWoHG_LBT125j2Cw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:nQ_hWtDbxek\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?d=nQ_hWtDbxek\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?i=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?i=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.infosthetics.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?a=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/infosthetics?i=U3No7GOSqtg:30nVrvbkDJs:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/infosthetics\/~4\/U3No7GOSqtg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great, short talk by TargetPoint&#8216;s VP and Director of Research, Alex Lundry, at DC Ignite. 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