Zaytoun, Visualising Human made Disaster through Interactive Illustration

Abstract

Networked journalism, a recent trend through the development of Web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies such as micro-blogging and social media gave birth to a new form of interaction between the traditional notion of journalism and the public (Beckett 2010). The spread of smartphones and Internet to all corners of the world has given individuals a global voice for what they see, hear and observe.

Bradshaw (2012) discusses some of the hidden practices within Data Journalism such as methods that journalists use to filter the data, vast data collection techniques and data mining methods to generate new forms of information from digitised data. The complexity of the practice and issues with data overload in the modern age also brings in concerns about data privileges. For instance, how various kinds of information such as wars, diseases and corruption compete with one another.

Affiliations

University of Edinburgh

78 Westport, Edinburgh EH1 2LE, UK

Freelance Artist and Illustrator

Edinburgh, UK

Contributors

Hadi Mehrpouya

Chris Barker

Mina Braun

Conference

Publication date: July 2015

Publication date (Print): July 2015

Pages: 7-8

ID: 10.14236/ewic/eva2015.45

Copyright statement: © Hadi Mehrpouya et al. Published by BCS Learning and Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2015, UK

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Conference name: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (EVA 2015)

Conference acronym: EVA

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Conference location: London, UK

Conference date: 7 & 9 July 2015

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts

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Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing