http://www.formfollowsbehavior.com/2006/11/08/visual-rhetoric-and-the-idea/ informal reflections Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:06:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.formfollowsbehavior.com/2006/11/08/visual-rhetoric-and-the-idea/#comment-2 formfollowsbehavior.com » Blog Archive » From data collection to data interpretation Sat, 18 Nov 2006 13:51:23 +0000 http://www.formfollowsbehavior.com/2006/11/08/visual-rhetoric-and-the-idea/#comment-2 [...] Information visualization is a case in point. As I have mentioned earlier, visualization is inherently subjective, from the choice of data to its expression. Choices are made throughout the entire process, and there is always an intent driving them. In a recommendation age, information design plays the important role of providing supporting evidence for the recommendation. With so much information to parse, visualization is becoming increasingly necessary for communicating the attributes and behaviors of large datasets. And being a rhetorical device, information visualization itself carries the potential to build trust with the recipient. [...] [...] Information visualization is a case in point. As I have mentioned earlier, visualization is inherently subjective, from the choice of data to its expression. Choices are made throughout the entire process, and there is always an intent driving them. In a recommendation age, information design plays the important role of providing supporting evidence for the recommendation. With so much information to parse, visualization is becoming increasingly necessary for communicating the attributes and behaviors of large datasets. And being a rhetorical device, information visualization itself carries the potential to build trust with the recipient. [...]

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