I’ve been working feverishly on a news visualization, trying to capture the buzz and conversations happening within the comment spaces around news articles online. Am very excited at the direction this is heading. I’ve posted my earlier screen-captures a couple of weeks ago. Today I have some images from another part of the visualization – [...]
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“As Barack works on bringing in the votes, she works on bringing in the crops…” I actually picked up this story from an Israeli news site and was highly entertained. Apparently Obama’s grandmother in Kenya is becoming more and more popular. She does not speak English, and lives in a fairly poor town of Kogelo. As [...] Unilateral declarations have played a central role in Israeli politics over the past years. Israel’s withdrawals from both the south of Lebanon and the Gaza strip have been controversial in the region’s politics. On the one hand, Israeli leaders were awarded by major support both internally and internationally, resulting from withdrawal. However, Israel is still [...] How do you capture the essence of a conversation online? How can we visualize chats and forums? How can user generated content that usually follows news articles and blog posts take a more substantial role in the online conversation? I am fascinated by the conversations formed in the comment spaces around articles and blogs. With the [...] The municipality of Kiryat-Yam decided to sue Google for slander last week, after many complaints from its residents over false information presented in the Google maps application. The municipality claims that the false information in Google’s software harms the city’s image within the general public in Israel and worldwide. The Google Earth software claims Kiryat Yam [...] I’ve spent all day at the 24/7 DIY VIDEO SUMMIT at USC and wanted to touch base on some interesting points. The ‘State of the Art’ panel focused on possibilities to leverage such a popular online video platform as youtube for public good. Alexandra Juhasz showed findings from a class she ran on youtube, concluding [...] When the East German government announced on November 9, 1989, after several weeks of civil unrest, that entering West Berlin would be permitted, crowds of East Germans climbed onto and crossed the wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. Over the next few weeks, parts of the wall were [...] |
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