1. data visualization:
analytical
clouding
anne helmond & sabine niederer
doing digital methods, rmes workshop, 28 june 2011

2. when are clouds analytical?

3. when are clouds analytical?
comparative clouding
(cross-)cultural clouding
resonance clouding
cross-spherical clouding

4. comparative clouding
State of the Union
address,
President Obama,
25 January 2011

5. George W. Bush, 2002 Barack Obama, 2011

6. state of the union
clouded over time
shows commitment and
agenda setting

7. George H.W. Bush 1989

8. George H.W. Bush 1990

9. George H.W. Bush 1991

10. George H.W. Bush 1992

11. Bill Clinton 1993

12. Bill Clinton 1994

13. Bill Clinton 1996

14. Bill Clinton 1997

15. Bill Clinton 1998

16. Bill Clinton 1999

17. Bill Clinton 2000

18. George W. Bush 2001

19. George W. Bush 2002

20. George W. Bush 2003

21. George W. Bush 2004

22. George W. Bush 2005

23. George W. Bush 2006

24. George W. Bush 2007

25. culture clouding

27. e-culture analysis
https://movies.digitalmethods.net/eculturenl.html

28. resonance clouds
French skeptics resonating in
“changement climatique” in
Google.fr

29. resonance clouds
French climate scientists resonating
in “changement climatique” in
Google.fr

30. Climate Change Skeptics on the Web (S. Fred Singer)
Research Question_To what extent are climate change 'skeptics' present in
resonance clouds
the climate change spaces on the Web?
Findings_There is distance between the skeptics and the top of the search
engine returns.
epa.gov (0) bbc.co.uk (0) defra.gov.uk (0) unep.org (0) bom.gov.au (0) ipcc.ch (0) pewclimate.org (0)
davidsuzuki.org (0) panda.org (0) mfe.govt.nz (0) ec.gc.ca (0) exploratorium.edu (0) climatechange.com.au (0)
greenpeace.org (1) climatechallenge.gov.uk (0) guardian.co.uk (0) iisd.org (0) g8.gov.uk (0) campaigncc.org (1)
foe.co.uk (0) state.gov (0) scidev.net (0) eea.europa.eu (0) whoi.edu (0) cbc.ca (0) energy.gov (0)
marshall.org (0) climateark.org (1) un.org (0) dar.csiro.au (0) theglobeandmail.com (0) acfonline.org.au (0)
gcrio.org (0) nature.com (0) grida.no (0) nature.org (0) ecokids.ca (0) royalsoc.ac.uk (0)
climatechangecentral.com (0) iea.org (0) ecn.ac.uk (0) ecy.wa.gov (0) worldwildlife.org (0)
realclimate.org (14) faqs.org (0) metoffice.gov.uk (0) open2.net (0) scienceagogo.com (0)
eldis.org (0) ft.com (0) who.int (0) climatecrisis.net (0) ltscotland.org.uk (0) abc.net.au (0) climatechange.ca.gov (0)
sourcewatch.org (64)
envirolink.org (0) mofa.go.jp (0)
iucn.org (0) dfat.gov.au (0) ncdc.noaa.gov (0) climatescience.gov (11)
climatechangecollege.org (0) ciel.org (0) ucar.edu (0)
Source_google.com Product_of the Digital Methods Initiative,
Query_“Fred Singer” dmi.mediastudies.nl. Analysis_by Bram Nijhof,
Method_Search for query “Fred Singer” in top 100. Organized in order. Richard Rogers and Laura van der Vlies.
Tools_Google Scraper and Tag Cloud Generator Design_Anne Helmond.
Date_30 July 2007 source cloud per actor C

31. resonance clouds
source cloud per actor

32. cross-spherical clouding
issue animals

33. google

34. google news

35. technorati

36. google images

37. google news images

38. technorati images

39. technorati images

40. exercise

41. exercise
clouding speeches
clouding action formats
clouding keywords
clouding slogans
clouding images

42. exercise
schadekaart.nl

43. schadekaart.nl

44. exercise
clouding speeches
clouding action formats
clouding keywords
clouding slogans
clouding images

45. clouding keywords
keyword: petitie (9 results)

46. exercise
clouding action formats

48. protest formats
mentionings on schadekaart.nl

49. protest formats
translated and ‘wordled’

50. mentionings in top 10 Google.nl results for
bezuinigingen cultuur (‘culture budget cuts’)

51. translated and ‘wordled’

52. exercise
clouding images

53. clouding images

54. clouding images

55. clouding images

56. clouding images

57. wet vs. dry

58. wet vs. dry

59. sabine@digitalmethods.net
anne@digitalmethods.net
www.digitalmethods.net

60. exercise
clouding