act: amber's infographic

I first notice the infographic as an image, not as interpreted information. The red pops from the dark teal and the white tells the viewer where to focus on. The circle stands out the most, with its repeating rings and racetrack imagery. On closer inspection, the statistics on the circle are hard to connect together. The topics, how much of a percentage it declined over the year, and the year are too spread out that make the viewer struggle to put the three together. The lines from the topics (Project Gemini, Moon sample, etc...) do little and instead retract from clarity. The same goes for the years.

Then I realize that the information is a bit confusing. Are the statistics in the circle representing the achievements or how much of the budget it took up? Why is it depicted in a circle, and what does it have to do with the information? According to what I see, it says that Project Gemini took up 4.31% of the budget in 1965. I keep reverting back to the title: "Decline of Nasa Budget & Achievements." Is the circle depicting the achievements of NASA? If so, what do the numbers imply? The viewer needs some clarity and cohesion.

The graph on the left, however, is clear and I understand what it means. The federal government clearly favors military advancement with 58.42% of the budget going to the military. The bars allow me to see the comparisons between what the government prioritizes and what it neglects. It is surprising to see the difference between the budget going to the military and to NASA, from almost 60% to 4%.

Overall, due to the size of the shapes, the circle implies a greater importance, and the graph on the left is put to the side. However, I feel as though the decline of the NASA budget should be your focus. The two images also look very separate, and some integration would be beneficial to the infographic. It is aesthetically nice, but it needs hierarchy and integration of data.

act: data visualization final

The Great Disparity: Racial InequalityFar from King's Dream

I really enjoyed this project, especially because I like gathering information then sorting it out. Some things that are successful are the visualization's emphasis on the gap between the races and its inclusion of layers of statistics. However, I could have integrated the information more to show relationships between income, marriage, poverty, and home ownership. Though the information is tied together with the same x-axis, they still appear separate and fragmented.

act: data visualization

act: possible data topics

really helpful site:
http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/stats-on-human-rights/statistics-on-xenophobia-immigration-and-asylum/statistics-on-racism/



interracial marriage

employment

salary

education

act: final e-blast

As Martin Luther King is a symbol for the civil rights movement and racial equality, I used a photograph of him to appeal to the viewer's ethos. Pathos is then used when they see MLK's sarcastic face, which invokes disappointment. As the viewer scrolls down, there are statistics that use logos to convince the viewer, to a point where it invokes pathos. To emphasize its emotional qualities, I included Martin Luther's eyes looking out a the viewer. 

act: e-blast progress

As the viewer first sees the image, they can only see a fragment of Martin Luther King's face and the words "I HAVE A DREAM..." When they scroll down, they begin to see a word bubble, saying "Yeah. I had a dream that one day racism will be so engrained people won't even know it" coming out of the mouth of a sarcastic, eye-rolling Martin Luther King. Appealing to the viewer through the credibility of the figure depicted, one suddenly feels disappointment and shame for what little progress has occurred throughout the years. At the end of the e-blast is a statistic saying, "After being arrested, blacks are 33% more likely than whites to be detained while facing a felony trial in New York." This statistic gives the viewer a clear example of subtle racism today. Finally, the image ends with "I HAD a dream." 

The viewer is first confronted with obscure shapes, then the words "I don't see race," and then the hand and bucket full of water. Using pathos, the image speaks to the inhumanity of "erasing" peoples' pasts and backgrounds, aligning humans of different races with dirty laundry. The assumption that being "clean" equals taking away race is appalling, and creates a sense of injustice and callousness. 

act: sketches for e-blast

I chose to go along with the Martin Luther King idea and the laundry as humans idea. 

Some things I could push are: adding dripping color to the hanging human figures on the laundry line, and adding another layer of meaning through incorporating a mixture of logos, pathos, and ethos. 

act: modes of persuasion

Terms Defined
Ethos: Convincing the viewer through credibility of the author.
Extrinsic Ethos: When the viewer is convinced through knowing the outside authority/reputation of the author in society based on previous knowledge.
Intrinsic Ethos: When the viewer is convinced through the author's credibility based on solely the text/image as opposed to previous knowledge about the author.
Pathos: Convincing the viewer through an emotional means.
Logos: Convincing the viewer through logic.

Examples of Ethos
education, experience, previous performances, authority, using celebrities and people of status, craft,
how something is rendered, artist' hand, credibility of information...

Examples of Pathos
text/image identify with viewer, descriptions of things that people associate with certain emotions...

Examples of Logos
definitions, the nature of things, features things have, statistics, comparisons/analogies, parallel cases, causes and consequences, testimonials....

Mixture of Egos, Pathos and Logos