1. Title Bernhard Rieder & Yuri Engelhardt New Media project: information visualization UvA Media Studies Spring 2011

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4. Important points in time: - Group formation (Feb 10) - Project discussion (Feb 24) - Intermediate presentation (Mar 31) - User testing (TBA) - Final presentation (May 19)

5. Basic ideas Grading (60% team, 40% individual): - Intermediate project presentation (team, 10%) - Paper contextualizing the project (individual, 25%) - Two blog postings (individual, 15%) - Final public project presentation (team, 10%) - Final application (team, 30%) - Short project conclusion report (team, 10%)

6. Basic ideas Presentation round: - Academic background? - Experience in infovis / design / programming? - Specific thematic interest?

7. Basic ideas Two approaches: - Descriptive: What is information visualization? - Prescriptive: What is good information visualization?

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10. What do we use information visualization for? - Presentation - Exploration - Confirmation cf. Mazza 2004

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16. What fields is information visualization embedded in? - Administration (business / government) - Research - Journalism - Activism - …

17. Basic ideas Basic distinctions: - User interaction: static or interactive? - Data source: stable or dynamic? - Data: synchronic or diachronic?