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Picturing a Thousand Words
The document discusses the use of the Many Eyes platform, developed by IBM, for data visualization and social data analysis, providing access to various user-generated datasets. It highlights methods for visualizing text to analyze terms and their associations, specifically in the context of George W. Bush’s 2003 State of the Union speech regarding Iraq. The focus is on identifying key themes and actions through visualization techniques like tag clouds and word trees.
Picturing a Thousand Words
- 1. Picturing a Thousand Wo R D S Using Data Visualization Methods as Teaching Tools by Shannan Butler shannanb@stedwards.edu St. Edward’s University Austin, TX
- 2. many eyes Provided by IBM’s Visual Communication Lab Their goal is to “democratize visualization and to enable a new social kind of data analysis.” Absolutely FREE!
- 3. many eyes 90,000 userprovided data sets both textual and numeric U.S. Gov, OECD, Employment, Climate, Income, Diversity, etc. 18 Visualization Types Share data Foster discussion
- 4. data sets Choose one Create one View raw data as table or text Check validity & formatting
- 5. visualize Choose an appropriatevisualization type Play with your data!
- 6. share Create an account Add your visualization Solicit or share feedback
- 7. of Tag Clouds & Word Trees
- 8. Cluster Criticism •Based onthe work of Kenneth Burke •Select key terms based on Frequency & Intensity
- 9. Chart the Clusters •Identifyterms that cluster around the key terms •Look for proximity, conjunctions, and cause-and-effect
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- 11. Construction of anEnemy in George W. Bush’s State of the Union Speech, 2003 by Nowlen, Jensen, Gibbs, Murphy, Taylor & Wang
- 12. Four Key Terms •Saddam Hussein •Iraq •United States / America •Iraqi People
- 13. Character •Deceived Hussein •Dominated •Intimidate Tools • Terrorist • Hijackers • Al Qaeda • Biological Weapons • Nuclear Weapons Action • Kill • War • Death • Hiding
- 14. Iraq Character •Evil •Enemy •Dictator •Regime Tools •Biological Weapon •Illegal Weapon •Burning •Rape •Mutilation •Electric Shock Action • Not disarm • Denying • Blocking • Intimidating
- 15. Character • Honorable • Resolute United States • • Strong Free • Brave / America • Tools Innocent • Armed Forces • Military • Power • God • Allies • Friends • U.N. Actions • Battle • Force • Risk • Peace
- 16. Iraqi People •Character •Brave •Oppressed •Refugee •Tools •Food •Medicine •Supplies •Action •Freedom •Liberty
- 17. Terms Devil •Hussein •Iraq God •America •Iraqi People
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