ISKM56 Data Visualization

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Tomáš Marek (lecturer)
Mgr. Marek Lang, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 D31, except Thu 16. 11.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 27/20, only registered: 2/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 2/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 14 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Student will be able to design effective and meaningful visualization, use basic tools to visualize them, evaluate and discuss a graphical representation of the data in terms of their effectiveness in different contexts. On the theoretical level, students will be familiar with the basis of visual perception, design and aesthetics in visualization.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course the student will be able to:
- evaluate and critically view data visualizations;
- design effective visualization solutions;
- use basic visualization tools;
- reflect on the role of data visualization in communication.
Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Dataviz history
  • Manipulative data visualization
  • Cognition
  • Effectivity od dataviz
  • Data journalism
  • Tools to visualize data
  • Data visualization interpretation
  • Maps and networks
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Jonathan Gray, Lucy Chambers, Liliana Bounegru. The Data Journalism Handbook. How Journalists Can Use Data to Improve the News. O'Reilly Media, c2012.
  • Paul Bradshaw. Scraping for Journalists. Leanpub, c2013.
  • Jeffrey Stanton. An Introduction to Data Science. Syracuse University, c2012.
  • FEW, Stephen. Now you see it: simple visualization techniques for quantitative analysis. Oakland: Analytics Press, c2009, xi, 327 s. ISBN 978-097-0601-988.
  • WONG, Dona M. The Wall Street journal guide to information graphics: the dos and don'ts of presenting data, facts, and figures. 1st ed. New York: W.W. Norton, c2010, 157 p. ISBN 03-930-7295-9.
  • CAIRO, Alberto. The functional art: an introduction to information graphics and visualization. San Francisco: Peachpit Press, 2012, 363 pages. ISBN 03-218-3473-9
  • Scott Murray. Interactive Data Visualization for the Web. O’Reilly Media, c2013. ISBN: 978-1-449-33973-9
  • Fond Otakara Motejla. Příručka datové žurnalistiky. Nadace Open Society Fund Praha, c2013, ISBN 978-80-87725-10-8. Dostupná z www.osf.cz/publikace/prirucka-datove-zurnalistiky
  • MONMONIER, Mark S. How to lie with maps. 2nd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, c1996, xiii, 207 p. ISBN 02-265-3421-9
  • YAU, Nathan. Visualize this: the FlowingData guide to design, visualization, and statistics. Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley Pub., c2011, xxvi, 358 p. ISBN 11-181-4025-7
  • YAU, Nathan. Data points : visualization that means something. Indianapolis: Wiley, 2013, xiii, 300. ISBN 9781118462195. info
  • TUFTE, Edward R. The visual display of quantitative information. 2nd ed. Cheshire: Graphics Press, 2001, 197 s. ISBN 0-9613921-4-2. info
  • HUFF, Darrell. How to lie with statistics. Illustrated by Irving Geis. New York: Norton, 1993, 142 p. ISBN 0393310728. info
Teaching methods
Seminars, lectures and discussion.
Assessment methods
The course ends with a final colloquium in small groups of students. During the semester, continuous assignments are given to be completed.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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