The Media Universe - Chart Porn

The Media Universe

In: Internet/tech News Media

14 Jan 2011

It’s surprising to me how often the organizations who create the data are so rarely the ones who take the time to visualize it properly <cough! US Government Cough!>. However in the below example TV habit watchdog nielsen has done a fine job of summing up the television and mobile phone markets. (via)

2 Responses to The Media Universe

January 16th, 2011 at 12:40 pm

Neilsen handed out a bunch of these at CES – I remember thinking how cool they were and wishing I’d snagged one to show people… thanks chartporn!

russ

January 24th, 2011 at 4:24 pm

The jab at gov’t statistical agencies is ridiculous. Let’s have them stick to their core competency and have analysts, designers, etc. stick to theirs.

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