Stay Critical, Stay Safe: The urge to be critical before disseminating tweets
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the flow of related news items is inescapable. Whether you watch the news, read the paper or open Social Media, there will always be some new information about the global pandemic we are in. The stage of social media becomes more prominent for both reader and writer. In times of…
Misleading visualizations go way back!
The ones who like to visit a museum and study paintings may already know that misleading visualizations go a long way back. A few years ago, I was that person, walking through a museum, wondering about all cues in paintings. In this blog, I want to show you what I learned from it. Therefore, I…
Framing is everywhere!
During my previous education, I worked as a communication specialist at an airport. Several times I had to guide journalists because for them it is not possible to film behind the customs without guidance. Once, two journalists were clearly looking for a different story than I could give. The moment they came to film, there…
Welcome
This blog is created for the course “Data and (mis)information”, which I will follow from 26th October 2020 until the middle of December 2020. For this course, I have to write 2 blog posts. One post will be about “Framing” and the other about “Misleading visualizations”. The blog posts will be published on the following…
The power of information 