{"id":10361,"date":"2013-05-02T21:29:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T03:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=10361"},"modified":"2013-05-02T21:29:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T03:29:36","slug":"using-visual-information-to-shift-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/using-visual-information-to-shift-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Using design to inform and shift opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/using-visual-information-to-shift-opinion\/money-wins-elections\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10362\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Money-wins-Elections-500x250.png\" alt=\"Money wins Elections\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10362\" srcset=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Money-wins-Elections-500x250.png 500w, http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Money-wins-Elections-300x150.png 300w, http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-content\/uploads\/Money-wins-Elections.png 1903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how geared we are to visual cues these days and how powerful visualization can be in helping us understand and comprehend information.<\/p>\n<p>A good infographic can go a long way in informing an audience and\/or swaying them to your side &#8211; depending on how the data and information is presented.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been collecting <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/jdblundell\/info-graphics\/\" target=\"_blank\">infographics on Pinterest<\/a> for a year or so now and it&#8217;s been fascinating to see how the graphics can be used to tell a story and how infographics are evolving. <\/p>\n<p>Just check out what <a href=\"http:\/\/letsfreecongress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">letsfreecongress.org<\/a> is doing with their interactive infographic\/website. Not only is it responsive (looks great on mobile) but each section evolves and changes as you scroll down the page. And a number of areas display hidden information while you hover over them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1672486\/how-infographics-are-changing-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Co.Design also writes<\/a> about how infographics are changing Congress:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Back in June, something amazing happened in Congress. During the annual long-term budget outlook hearing, Maryland Congressman Chris van Hollen raised a single piece of paper confidently in the air. He pointed at it, cited it, and used it as an anchor for discussion on the future of our economy.<\/p>\n<p>This paper wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a bill or even a full budget report. It was an infographic.<\/p>\n<p>Today, it seems like much of that hearing was for naught; gridlock prevailed, and the sequester came to fruition. But that moment still represented a turning point in the way Congress understands the costs of public policy&#8211;all thanks to one go-getter in the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s trying to visualize a more sensible future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Pretty fascinating stuff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s amazing how geared we are to visual cues these days and how powerful visualization can be in helping us understand and comprehend information. A good infographic can go a long way in informing an audience and\/or swaying them to your side &#8211; depending on how the data and information is presented. I&#8217;ve been collecting &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/using-visual-information-to-shift-opinion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Using design to inform and shift opinion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[469,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-design","category-misc","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-2H7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10361"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10369,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10361\/revisions\/10369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}