미국대학 데이터 시각화와 윤리 Columbia Univ Data Viz Ethics

Manipulative Representation The visualizer may be manipulative in visualizing data (by many ways including exaggerating or undervaluing) in a way that is advantageous to what he or she wants to tell. For example, during 2005 to 2008, the US Department of State deliberately exaggerated (by using some calculation method in favor of overvaluing) the number of deaths by terrorist attack to obtain people’s favor on raising war. The consequence of such advocacy can be unexpectedly significant becaus