Presented to the 2012 Southern States Communication Association, this Slideshare explores the use of data visualization software in the practice of rhetorical criticism.

1. New Tools for an Old Art:
Rhetorical Analysis Through Visualization & Play
by Shannan H. Butler
St. Edward’s University

2. SAS Text Miner $1,854
PASW Text Analytics $1,299
WordStat by Provalis $3,395
NVivo $595
Atlas.ti $585
Diction $179
Statistical Packages with Textual Analysis Capabilities

3. Site
Freq.
Count
Freq.
Visual
Text in
Context
Phrase
Structure
Compare
Docs
Word
Filter
Private Share
Data
Base
Many Eyes
http://www-958.ibm.com
Y Y Y Y Y Y ? Y Y
Neoformix
http://www.neoformix.com
Y Y Y
TagCrowd
http://www.tagcrowd.com
Y Y Y Y
Wordle
http://www.wordle.net
Y Y Y Y
Free Web-Based Textual Analysis Applications

4. Tag Cloud: Generated by Many Eyes

5. Many Eyes
Frequencies
& Context
Tag Cloud:
Generated
by TagCrowd

6. Wordle: Generated by Many Eyes
Generated by Wordle.net

7. Word Tree: Generated by Many Eyes

8. Word Tree: Generated by Many Eyes

9. Phrase Net: Generated by Many Eyes

10. Document Arc: Generated by Neoformix

11. Social Media Interaction on Many Eyes

12. Visualization Sources
Butler, S. (2011). Teaching Rhetoric Through Data Visualization.
Communication Teacher, 25:3, 131-135.
Weisgerber, C. & Butler, S. (2010). Editor's Introduction: Special Issue on
Communication Pedagogy in the Age of Social Media. Electronic
Journal of Communication.
Weisgerber, C. & Butler, S. (2009). Visualizing the Future of Interaction
Studies: Data Visualization Applications as a Research, Pedagogical,
and Presentational Tool for Interaction Scholars. Electronic Journal
of Communication, 19(1-2) .