Lecture
LCN2 seminar October 2024
- Date
- Friday 25 October 2024
- Time
- Address
- Gorlaeus
- Room
- BM. 2.26 (second floor)
69th LCN2 seminar
Speaker: Tamara Mchedlidze (Utrecht University)
Title: Visualization of Large Opinion Spaces
Abstract:
European Values Study [EVS] is a large-scale, cross-national, repeated survey on basic human values. In our project, European Value Maps [EVM], we apply data analysis and visualization techniques to the EVS data to construct conceptual maps of Europe. These maps resemble geographic maps, and therefore look more familiar to the viewers than other abstract types of data visualizations, by relying on the human familiarity with geographic maps. Here, countries represent groups of people holding similar opinions on human values. The ultimate goal of the EVM project is to promote acceptance and tolerance of different viewpoints, thereby reducing the opinion polarization that has become prevalent in our society.
In this talk, I will present the methodology of the EVM project and invite you to reflect together on how data visualization methods can influence opinion polarization on societal topics.
[EVS] https://europeanvaluesstudy.eu/
{EVM] https://evm.science.uu.nl/
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Snacks and drinks will be available after the seminar at the Fusiebar.