Infographics: Simplifying the Complex
Infographics are a great way to display important information and statistics in a way that helps the audience visualize the numbers. Being about to see proportions and comparisons gives the audience a higher degree of understanding. I looked at the…
Infographics and their visual appeal
Out of the links that professor Vee shared with us, the first one, titled “The world as 100 people”, really stuck out to me the most. Here there was a pie chart broken into different sections for categories such…
Infographics for Every Topic
I should start by saying that I love infographics. They are (in my opinion) one of the most compelling and interesting way to present information and infographics make the information they present very memorable. Of the examples provided, my favorite…
Infographics: Showing Data Visually
I looked at two different infographics that I believe did a good job of conveying information and data visually. The first one was called The World as 100 People and the second was called Armed to the Teeth. There were some…
Dear Mona
In the blog post “Dear Mona, Does living together before marriage increase the risk of divorce” by Mona Chalabi, is a very conversational research article. Although it’s a blog post where she answers a question from a curious viewer named…
Polar Opposites
The beauty of blog is that anyone can write one about any subject. There’s a blog about almost everything, but it’s the writer’s capabilities that influence its successfulness in terms of popularity. I chose to examine two blogs that vastly…
Healthy Eating and Drug Addiction
The first blog post I choose to read was about eating healthy and how government agencies don’t necessarily do a good job in conveying what we should be eating. This post conveys an opinionated voice that is against information that…
Real Food and Ray Rice
Mark Bittman’s sarcastic sense of humor in “Is ‘Eat Real Food’ Unthinkable” creates a very distinct voice that makes this blog post intriguing and effective. Early in his post, Bittman introduces us to the newest acronym on eating healthy given…
Hope and Addiction
The first blog post that I read was centered on the apparent double standard that Hope Solo is facing in regards to a domestic violence case. The post begins with a quote from a New York Times article that claims…
The NY Yankees’ Recent Reality Check
The blog post I chose to discuss is from Pinstripe Alley, a New York Yankees specific blog. Its parent website is sbnation.com, a mass blog site that hosts hundreds of individual sports or sports team related blogs. This blog…
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