{"id":580,"date":"2016-03-22T02:37:05","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T02:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/sia\/?page_id=580"},"modified":"2016-03-22T02:37:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T02:37:05","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/sia\/course-content\/visualising-data\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/span><\/h2>\n

At some point in the sport analytics process we share our findings with an audience.\n<\/p>\n

Wolfgang Iser[1]<\/a><\/sup> suggested that
\nwhen we produce a story to share we should think carefully about how we construct the story and imagine the recipients of the story. He notes that any story has “a network of response-inviting structures” that enable the reader or the listener “to grasp the text”.\n<\/p>\n

The availability of video platforms has extended the reach of such stories.\n<\/p>\n

More recently, Maria Popova[2]<\/a><\/sup> has looked at the impact digital platforms have had on the way data are shared. She notes that at “the intersection of art and algorithm”:\n<\/p>\n

\nUltimately, data visualization is more than complex software or the prettying up of spreadsheets. It’s not innovation for the sake of innovation. It’s about the most ancient of social rituals: storytelling. It’s about telling the story locked in the data differently, more engagingly, in a way that draws us in, makes our eyes open a little wider and our jaw drop ever so slightly. And as we process it, it can sometimes change our perspective altogether.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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  1. \u2191<\/a><\/span> Iser, Wolfgang (1976). The Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication in Prose Fiction from Bunyan to Beckett<\/i>. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n
  2. \u2191<\/a><\/span> Popova, Maria (12 August 2009). “Data Visualization: Stories for the Information Age”<\/a>. http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/innovate\/content\/aug2009\/id20090811_137179.htm<\/a><\/span>. Retrieved 27 February 2016<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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