I really liked this image because it seemed so randomly chosen. Clearly the United States has more number one things than serial killers, yet that is what was listed for the USA. Also, what is listed as the number one thing for each country also represents the country in a certain way. For example, South Africa has the most assaults, portraying it in a violent way, whereas Germany has the number one amount of solar panels and Ireland has the top quality of life, portraying this countries in a green way and a happy way. Perhaps what was chosen to represent each country was affected by the bias of the graph creator?
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Global Number Ones
I really liked this image because it seemed so randomly chosen. Clearly the United States has more number one things than serial killers, yet that is what was listed for the USA. Also, what is listed as the number one thing for each country also represents the country in a certain way. For example, South Africa has the most assaults, portraying it in a violent way, whereas Germany has the number one amount of solar panels and Ireland has the top quality of life, portraying this countries in a green way and a happy way. Perhaps what was chosen to represent each country was affected by the bias of the graph creator?
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