The Politics of Cancer
Made by eir
Made by eir
To create a graphic that intentionally misleads its audience on the correlation of two datasets.
Created: November 1st, 2015
To create a graphic that intentionally misleads its audience on the correlation of two datasets.
I like how you combined two really unrelated subjects to create your lie. It shows how an official looking graphic can suggest something about data even though no correlation actually exists. I assume this is one way Fox convinces viewers of something- as a well known media source, viewers most likely just believe whatever they see because it looks so official. In fact, that's something we should all be aware of in a society when anyone can easily put official-looking information online.
If you wanted to make the "correlation" more believable, you could choose which states to include to emphasize your lie. Of course, this is not an honest thing to do, but it would create a better trend without making up data points! The map at https://wiredcraft.com/blog/data-visualization-mapping/ did something like that when they leave Hawaii, Alaska, and D.C. off the map.
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