Culture Archive:
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13 Nov 2011Based on a survey of 1000 British adults, this interactive display lets you select questions and filter answers in a variety of interesting charts, where each dot represents a person in the survey. The live animations are really cool, though some of the presentations are more effective than others.
European Twitter Languages
2 Nov 2011Eric Fischer analyzed twitter meta data for location and language and ended up with a pretty good approximation of the normal geopolitical borders. He chose grey for English, since they speak that everywhere – it would be interesting to see a map of just English. There’s also a world version. (via FlowingData)
Evolution of Western Dance Music
In: Culture Interactive Maps
2 Nov 2011An interactive timeline showing (roughly) the origins and evolution of different genres of dance music. I wish you could filter to see the connections a little clearer.
Death and Gravestone Symbolism
1 Nov 2011This is a strange little compendium of symbols. Half of these symbols are completely obvious, and I was ready to dismiss the whole thing as link-bait, but then there are a number of little gems that I never would have guessed. Also, when was the last time you saw a mono-spaced courier font used? It sort of works here, though overall there are a few too many different fonts strewn around. I also have to give credit that the source links at the bottom do indeed lead to more interesting information on the subject.
Movie Monsters
In: Culture
1 Nov 2011I have to say, this is a pretty thorough list – I’ve never heard of most of these. But, then, I’m not a big fan of scary movies. Available as a poster if you want one.
Scary Movies (1933-2006)
20 Oct 2011Halloween is next week! This graphic compares budget, box office revenue, and rotten tomatoes ratings of most of the classics.
Bible Sentiment
In: Culture Innovative
18 Oct 2011These types of positive/negative word content analysis usually raise more questions than they answer (and there is discussion on that over at FlowingData), but they sure are pretty.
China’s One Child Policy
6 Oct 2011I usually don’t post these info-posters, but this one does contain a lot of interesting information. (via)
The US Military – Maybe Not What You Think
5 Oct 2011Pew Research Center released a study on civilian and military views in the post 9/11 era. Headline MSM coverage (MSNBC; CNN) has focused on the finding that 1-out-of-3 veterans say the wars were not worth fighting – but the report actually contains a treasure trove of interesting graphics about our military.
The complete study in PDF format can be found here.
Cougars and Cubs
5 Oct 2011Using one of the more sexist charts in recent memory, the dating site whatsyourprice.com attempts to explain that the Ashton Kutcher/Demi Moore breakup is perfectly understandable. While this at first glance this resembles some of the quality revealed preference work done over at OkCupid, the selection bias here is quite large – along with a number of other flaws (as Adam Weinstein points out over at MotherJones).
DC Rock Venue Recognition Tree
30 Sep 2011If you live in Washington DC this will make sense to you.
Hat tip to Jennifer D for sending it to me.
Proof That Mondays Suck
30 Sep 2011Cornell researchers analyzed mood content in 2.4million tweets (based on word choice) and found that Saturdays and Sunday garnered the most positive expressions and Mondays the most negative – well, during the day anyway. Interestingly, Saturday and Sunday nights were way up (down) there too. On a design note, perhaps the lower graph should have inverted the scale? (related article)
Female World Leaders
29 Sep 2011
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