{"id":148,"date":"2013-02-15T02:01:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T10:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/?p=148"},"modified":"2013-02-15T02:01:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T10:01:34","slug":"the-visual-rhetoric-of-data-displays-blog-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/ezequielolvera\/2013\/02\/15\/the-visual-rhetoric-of-data-displays-blog-post\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visual Rhetoric of Data Displays Blog Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Article “The Visual Rhetoric of Data Displays:<\/em>
\nThe Conundrum of Clarity” <\/em>by \u2014 Charles Kostelnick reviews the utilization of visual rhetoric of data display in\u00a0the context of a 50 year process of democratization of rhetoric analysis. One of the main points which Kostelnick emphasizes, is the importance of clarity in relation to graphs, charts and visual representation of information. The culture in which this new generation of people are emerging into, will be filled with humans who respond more quickly and accurately to visual representations of information.<\/p>\n

One example of this type of cliche visual representation of information is Social Media Revolution 2012 <\/em>on You Tube<\/p>\n

httpv:\/\/youtu.be\/ZQzsQkMFgHE<\/a><\/p>\n

These type of posts perpetuate a visual culture which has existed in Art, since the renaissance: visually speaking to the uneducated masses. The type of information which Tufte conveys, speaks exaclty to the population which can afford internet access, yet are not rich enough to afford private education.<\/p>\n

This rational, ef\ufb01cient rhetoric of data design
\nembodies an intrinsic ethical component because it
\nimplies that readers deserve a full, unadulterated
\ndisclosure of the data and that designers have a
\nmoral imperative to provide it. This imperative was
\nillustrated at least as early as 1914 by Brinton\u2019s
\nGraphic Methods for Presenting Facts [17], in which
\nhe exposed deceptive practices of displaying data
\nby explaining the underlying \ufb02aws and how readers
\ncould identify them to avoid being hoodwinked.
\nThe moral imperative of clarity culminated in the
\nearly 1950s with Huff and Geis\u2019s classic How to
\nLie with Statistics [18], which demonstrated how
\ndesigners, unconstrained by graphical standards or
\nprofessional oversight, can manipulate charts and
\ngraphs for their own ends. Caveat rhetor: Unwitting
\nreaders need to protect themselves from these
\npractices and arm themselves with the interpretive
\ntools to unmask deceptive data design.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another prevalent point which Kostelnick brings up, is the type of aesthetic desing, modern internet users are experiencing. The desing theme that many contemporary web designers are incorperating into their designs adheres to post modernism. Some progressive\u00a0artists and critics\u00a0would even claim that people are interacting with more minimalist themes and post-post modern themes. One website which really supports this argument\u00a0is \u00a0the Mercedes Benz sponsered website The Avant Garde Diaries<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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