Visualizations

Visualization tools help communication and explain complex research projects. This section contains tools to communicate research findings to the public and other visual methods to interpret data.

Dashboard

Blogger commentary on Stephen Harper...?

  • "Stephen Harper beating up on Muclair, "
  • "Stephen Harper was the leader of the opposition and never tired of criticizing the Government of China for its oppressive practices? As Prime Minister he is a g"
  • "Stephen Harper and Company may be sincere about tackling climate change."

Number of posts in the Canadian political blogosphere over the last week. See the yearly chart and our methodology.

BlogBuzz

This visual shows the top blog post for a given period based on a sample collected from the Blog RSS Scraper. The list of top blogs is derieved from the list of URLs outputted by the Blog Link Ripper.Example of BlogBuzz VisualizationExample of BlogBuzz Visualization

Top 5 Facebook Groups

During the Infoscape Lab's collaboration with the CBC, we developed an interactive flash interface to visitors to view the top five Facebook groups. Please contact us for a copy of the FLA file.
Example of Top 5 Facebook GroupsExample of Top 5 Facebook Groups

Top 5 YouTube Videos

The Flash file displays five YouTube videos. The lab used the visualization as a way to present the top weekly YouTube videos in a more accessible and interactive manner.
Example of Top 5 YouTube VideosExample of Top 5 YouTube Videos

Blog Quotes

The Flash visual runs through a list of quotes that can be derived from a Blog RSS archive. The tool gives us a sense of the opinions associated with a blog or leader.

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