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Mapping Media Attention
Here's a great series of cartograms—maps distorted to reveal a bias. In this case media attention by region. You can click on the buttons to see how newspapers warp their coverage of world news according to parochial interests. Nicolas Kayser-Bril first published this online on L'Observatoire des Médias, and later in expanded form in the Online Journalism Blog. Below is a newer cartogram, made in partnership with Gilles Bruno, of the coverage of the blogosphere. Their hope is to update these maps daily or weekly to pressure editors into covering more diverse issues.
As for the cartographers' bias, where are the data for coverage of the world-ocean, accounting for more than 70% of Earth's surface? Where's Antarctica?
Julia Whitty is Mother Jones' environmental correspondent, lecturer, and 2008 winner of the Kiriyama Prize and the John Burroughs Medal Award. You can read from her new book, The Fragile Edge, and other writings, here.
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Julia,
After looking into some of your articles and the books you've authored, I just wanted you to know that I'm impressed and facinated by the information that you've shared.
I share many of your views about our world and where it's headed given how things have gone so far so know that you're not alone and you've made a big impression on me.
Thanks so much for your input - here, there and everywhere.
Peace, love and understanding.
~ RubyShooZ ~
thanks RubyShooZ
Posted by: Julia Whitty on 04/07/08 at 4:39 PM Respond
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