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This slideshow explores the uses of Many Eyes as a classroom teaching and analysis tool. In particular, it looks at how students at St. Edward's University in Rhetorical Criticism analyze speech texts using visualization tools available on Many Eyes. Tag Clouds, Wordles, and Word Trees are combined to determine word frequencies and clusters. These findings are used to create a rhetorical analysis based upon Kenneth Burke's Cluster Criticism.
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Picturing a Thousand W o R D SUsing Data Visualization Methods
as Teaching Tools
by Shannan Butlershannanb@stedwards.edu
St. Edward’s UniversityAustin, TX
many eyes
Provided by IBM’s Visual Communication Lab
Their goal is to “democratize visualization and to enable a
new social kind of data analysis.”
Absolutely FREE!
many eyes
90,000 user provided data sets
both textual and numeric
U.S. Gov, OECD, Employment, Climate, Income, Diversity, etc.
18 Visualization Types
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of Tag Clouds& Word Trees
Cluster Criticism
•Based on the work of Kenneth Burke
•Select key terms based on Frequency & Intensity
Chart the Clusters•Identify terms that cluster
around the key terms
•Look for proximity, conjunctions, and cause-and-effect
Construction of an Enemy in George W. Bush’s State of the Union Speech, 2003
by Nowlen, Jensen, Gibbs, Murphy, Taylor & Wang
Four Key Terms
•Saddam Hussein
•Iraq
•United States / America
•Iraqi People
HusseinCharacter•Deceived•Dominated•Intimidate
Tools•Terrorist•Hijackers•Al Qaeda•Biological Weapons•Nuclear Weapons
Action•Kill•War•Death•Hiding
Iraq Character•Evil•Enemy•Dictator•Regime
Tools•Biological Weapon•Illegal Weapon•Burning•Rape•Mutilation•Electric Shock
Action•Not disarm•Denying•Blocking•Intimidating
United States / America
Character• Honorable• Resolute• Strong• Free• Brave• Innocent
Tools• Armed Forces• Military• Power• God• Allies• Friends• U.N.
Actions• Battle • Force• Risk• Peace
•Character•Brave•Oppressed•Refugee
•Tools•Food•Medicine•Supplies
•Action•Freedom•Liberty
Iraqi People
Terms
Devil
•Hussein
•Iraq
God
•America
•Iraqi People
Tag Cloud
Iraqi People
Word Tree
Iraqi People
Word Tree
Iraqi People
Word Tree
Iraqi People
Word Tree
Iraqi People
Word Tree
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