Lecture Pod – Leah Giselle’s Data Visualisation Space

Lecture Pod 06: Data Journalism

*Image: Marzouk, L. (2019). Getting Started in Data Journalism [Illustration]. Retrieved from* https://birn.eu.com/outputs/birn-albania-publishes-data-journalism-manual-2/

This weeks lecture pod is presented by The Guardian and is an introduction into what is Data Journalism. The lecture is split in three parts:

What is Data Journalism?
The History of Data Journalism
Data Journalism in Action: The London Olympics

Lecture Pod 05: Data Presentation Styles – Graphs

Image: robuart. (2017). Pie Chart and Bar Graphs Vector Illustration [Stock Illustration]. Retrieved from https://depositphotos.com/174856760/stock-illustration-pie-chart-and-bar-graphs.html

Why do we use graphs?

To make comparisons easier. This may seem simple to understand, but often times designers will choose the wrong graphs because they do not feel that it fits the “theme” aesthetically.

Lecture Pod 04: Historical and contemporary visualisation methods – Part 2

*Image: Desjardins, J. (2019).* The World Population Pyramid (1950-2100)*. [I*nfographic]. Retrieved from https://www.visualcapitalist.com/world-population-pyramid-1950-2100/

Lecture Pod 03: Historical and contemporary visualisation methods – Part 1

This weeks lecture pod is presented by Leon Cmielewski.

Image: Priestley, J. (1769). A New Chart of History [Data Visualisation]. Retrieved from
https://www.tableau.com/learn/articles/best-beautiful-data-visualization-examples

Designers utilise visualisations by presenting large and complex data sets in a way that enables the audience to grasp the complexities of the content with the least amount of effort possible.

Lecture Pod 02: Data Types

As designers, it is important to understand the basic data types, being what they are, as well as how we can fully utilise them. These can be broken down into 4 types of measurements.

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