Comments on: Global opinions, visualized: The State Department’s “Opinion Space” http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/global-opinions-visualized-the-state-departments-opinion-space/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:39:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Web Design London by Econeve | Web Design Agency | Calling all Opinion Space cadets | Richard Adams http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/global-opinions-visualized-the-state-departments-opinion-space/comment-page-1/#comment-139055 Web Design London by Econeve | Web Design Agency | Calling all Opinion Space cadets | Richard Adams Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:14:59 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=13891#comment-139055 [...] redefine diplomacy or turn out to be another of Politics 2.0’s bright, shiny things,” noted Megan Garber of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. It’s early days, to be sure. So let’s dive [...] [...] redefine diplomacy or turn out to be another of Politics 2.0’s bright, shiny things,” noted Megan Garber of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. It’s early days, to be sure. So let’s dive [...]

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]]> By: Calling all Opinion Space cadets | Richard Adams | www.JodoSpot.com http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/global-opinions-visualized-the-state-departments-opinion-space/comment-page-1/#comment-91724 Calling all Opinion Space cadets | Richard Adams | www.JodoSpot.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:01:36 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=13891#comment-91724 [...] redefine diplomacy or turn out to be another of Politics 2.0’s bright, shiny things,” noted Megan Garber of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. It’s early days, to be sure. So let’s dive [...] [...] redefine diplomacy or turn out to be another of Politics 2.0’s bright, shiny things,” noted Megan Garber of Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. It’s early days, to be sure. So let’s dive [...]

]]> By: U.S. State Department Cozies Up to Crowd-sourcing and Infographics, With Opinion Space | Stocks! http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/global-opinions-visualized-the-state-departments-opinion-space/comment-page-1/#comment-91615 U.S. State Department Cozies Up to Crowd-sourcing and Infographics, With Opinion Space | Stocks! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:03:58 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=13891#comment-91615 [...] the Nieman Journalism Lab reports, the idea is two fold: First, to crowd-source some cutting edge foreign policy. If that [...] [...] the Nieman Journalism Lab reports, the idea is two fold: First, to crowd-source some cutting edge foreign policy. If that [...]

]]> By: U.S. State Department Cozies Up to Crowd-sourcing and Infographics, With Opinion Space | Web Design Cool http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/global-opinions-visualized-the-state-departments-opinion-space/comment-page-1/#comment-91437 U.S. State Department Cozies Up to Crowd-sourcing and Infographics, With Opinion Space | Web Design Cool Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:17:36 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=13891#comment-91437 [...] the Nieman Journalism Lab reports, the idea is two fold: First, to crowd-source some cutting edge foreign policy. If that [...] [...] the Nieman Journalism Lab reports, the idea is two fold: First, to crowd-source some cutting edge foreign policy. If that [...]

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]]> By: Jonathan Stray http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/03/global-opinions-visualized-the-state-departments-opinion-space/comment-page-1/#comment-90361 Jonathan Stray Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:19:29 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=13891#comment-90361 This is a very cool idea. I am anxious to see if it works -- both if people actually participate, and if we really do get a sense of the spectrum of opinion. It's time we replaced the simplification of terms like "left" and "right" or "reformist" and "conservative" with real data about who we are. I would love to see the universe of individual journalistic articles plotted on such a system, with a similar "you are here" indicator for the stories you've read. This is the sort of visualization that could be built into an RSS reader, with the map perhaps built from data on what articles people read together. It would then be easy to compare the world-views of different outlets and different people, and might help alleviate the "hall of mirrors" or "daily me" effect. This is an idea which I develop <a href="http://jonathanstray.com/mapping-the-daily-me" rel="nofollow">here</a>. This is a very cool idea. I am anxious to see if it works — both if people actually participate, and if we really do get a sense of the spectrum of opinion. It’s time we replaced the simplification of terms like “left” and “right” or “reformist” and “conservative” with real data about who we are.

I would love to see the universe of individual journalistic articles plotted on such a system, with a similar “you are here” indicator for the stories you’ve read. This is the sort of visualization that could be built into an RSS reader, with the map perhaps built from data on what articles people read together. It would then be easy to compare the world-views of different outlets and different people, and might help alleviate the “hall of mirrors” or “daily me” effect. This is an idea which I develop here.

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