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Framing the Experiment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As more of daily life is experienced online, reports of both positive and negative experiences specific to online environments will increase. Abuse and harassment are gendered experiences, as are experiences on digital platforms. How prevalent are concerning experiences online? How do women, men and gender non-conforming individuals experience this differently? How are online platforms responding?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dataset I wanted to use for this experiment does not exist. Historical, gender-sensitive, geographically and ethnically diverse, statistically representative (or at least large-scale), academically sound surveys on the impact, experiences, opinions, and use of online platforms have yet to be published. Although somewhat unsurprising, given the general underappreciated impact of how important gender is, I did expect more disaggregation in what I found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For visualization inspiration, I referenced a paperback book, The Women\u2019s Atlas by Joni Seager (2018), hardcover books by David McCandless, Knowledge is Beautiful (2014) and Information is Beautiful (2012). I also looked at the charts and graphs provided by the dataset sources. Pew\u2019s visualizations in this write-up of the data embed responses to the survey as labels in the graph. I chose graph styles that highlighted these even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The corresponding Amnesty report<\/a> (datasets descripted in detail below) includes analysis and interpretation, but no dashboard environment for exploring or visualizing the data, although in a blog<\/a> some were visually represented and provided inspiration for some of the visuals. I liked the simplicity of the bar charts, and that the percentages were represented as labels, and I applied that logic to my representation of the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image Source: Unsocial Media: The Real Toll of Online Abuse against Women<\/a>, Amnesty Global Insights, Nov. 20, 2017<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materials, Software and Datasets<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Software used includes Tableau Public 2020.4 for data visualization, Google Sheets for cleaning and organizing data, Google Docs for drafting the lab report, which was posted on Pratt-hosted WordPress. These web applications were run on Chrome in a Windows 10 environment on a Dell XPS 15 900. Peer reviews were conducted using Zoom for desktop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three datasets were utilized, which I cleaned and formatted in several collated Google Sheets, and connected to Tableau, available to view here.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. 2017 Amnesty International-commissioned Ipsos MORI online poll of women aged 18\u201355 in the UK, USA, Spain, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, Poland and New Zealand about their experiences of online abuse or harassment on social media platforms, in .xlsx format<\/a>. To import only the relevant data to Tableau Public, it was efficient to manually select data from the original dataset and copy to Google sheets<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. The Pew Research Center American Trends Panel (ATP) Wave 74 (W74), from September 2020. I used two questions from this poll. First, for all survey respondents (N = 10,093), \u201cWhich, if any, of the following have happened to you, personally online?\u201d and second, of that group who answered \u201cYes\u201d to any (N = 3,893) \u201cIn which of the following online environments did your most recent experience occur?\u201d<\/li>
  3. From the latest Facebook Transparency Report on Community Standards Enforcement<\/a>, released February 2021, I used the data on \u201ccontent taken action on\u201d that violated the community standards pertaining to bullying and harassment.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Methods & Processes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Creating a logical flow of information across such diverse datasets through a dashboard <\/a>design was a fun challenge. I noticed how easy it is to make a dashboard that inaccurately represents the information, especially with so many different sources, sample sizes, attributes and magnitudes. So I deliberately chose to include the sample size N, the source of the data, and some demographic information with each chart. For the first time, I experimented with two colors I almost never use: brown and yellow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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