… and how do statistical institutions present what they do? In times of fake news and austerity measures, statistical offices are feeling more and more the urge to orientate the public about themselves and the usefulness and necessity of trustworthy statistics. But how to proceed? Public relations specialists know countless ways to get messages to […]
Just two quoted sentences as a suggestion to read the whole story here: ‘The divide between people who have internet access and those who do not is deepening existing inequalities — inequalities that pose a serious global threat.’ ‘...
Once again: the New York Times presents an innovative graphic, which you always want to watch again and again. It’s this Downhill Race at the Olympics: . Start Run Finish The link to the moving graphic is below this picture: For Statistics? It would be exciting to follow such visualizations, e. g. on changes […]
In a recently published EUROSTAT publication, the authors demand innovative forms of communication from public statistics in order not to lose their socially important role. Among other things, they demand ‘…. to tell stories close to the people; to create communities around specific themes; to develop among citizens the ability to read the data and […]
Communication of statistics in times of fake news In a recent paper Emanuele Baldacci, (Director, Eurostat) and Felicia Pelagalli, (President, InnovaFiducia) deal with the ‘challenges for official statistics of changes in the information market spurred by network technology, data revolution and changes in information consumers’ behaviours’ (p.3) Three scenarios The status-quo or bad scenario: ‘Information will continue to […]
Eurostat’s biennial scientific conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) is over, a labyrinth of a website is online and tons of documents are somewhere published. CBS Corporate nieuws summarizes the important trends discussed: 1) New data sources and the consequences 2) The importance of a proactive communication 3) Big Data and algorithms in official statistics […]
The New York Times did it after the election, in January 2017: You Draw It, Learning Statistics by drawing and comparing charts. ‘Draw your guesses on the charts below to see if you’re as smart as you think you are.’ And Bayerischer Rundfunk did it before the election, in April 2017. This kind of giving information is an excellent […]
Twitter reminded me that there’s #NTTS2017 going on, Eurostat’s biennial scientific conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS). The opening session also focused on official statistics and its actual and future role in a world of data deluge and alt-facts. What will be Official Statistics in 30 years? In Diego Kuonen’s presentation and discussion on ‘Big […]
‘We are extremely sad to announce that Professor Hans Rosling died this morning. Hans suffered from a pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed one year ago. He passed away early Tuesday morning, February 7, 2017, surrounded by his family in Uppsala, Sweden.’ Anna R. Rönnlund & Ola Rosling, Co-founders of Gapminder. He died aged 68. In 2009, the […]
postfaktisch ‘Fake-news’ and ‘post-truth’ (postfaktisch) are the words dominating today many discussions about truth in communication. ' ... in post-truth [post] has a meaning more like ‘belonging to a time in which the specified concept [truth] has become unimportant or irrelevant’' (https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/press/news/2016/11/15/WOTY-16). False information or even lies are not new in the information business. And therefore many, […]
