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SnapShot News Analysis and Visualisation System
Mark GrundlandFunctional Elegance
Created for Grapeshot Ltd. in partnership with IBM
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Functional Elegance
MarketAnalysis
TechnicalResearch
BusinessStrategy
SoftwareDesign
Online Media
Social MediaOnline Advertising
Image Processing
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SnapShot News Analysis
Online news analysis and visualisation service:
How media coverage evolves over time?
• Helping public relations, marketing, finance, and journalism professionals to be more productive by revealing how the public perception of their key concerns is being influenced by the media.
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News Map
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ObsoleteObsoleteUnoriginal and IneffectiveUnoriginal and Ineffective
AnomalousAnomalousNovel but IneffectiveNovel but Ineffective
InfluentialInfluentialNovel and EffectiveNovel and Effective
ConventionalConventionalUnoriginal but EffectiveUnoriginal but Effective
News Map
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LaggardLaggard
EccentricEccentric LeaderLeader
FollowerFollower
News Map
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What’sWhat’snot!not!
News Map
What’sWhat’shot!hot!
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News Radar
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Links
Grapeshot: SnapShot News Analysis Technologywww.grapeshot.co.uk/snapshot/snapshot.html
Functional Elegance:Software Design Consultingwww.functionalelegance.com/cv
Thank you!
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News Analysis System
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Metaphors for Dynamic Visualization
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News Radar: Overview
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News Radar: Metrics
Influence =( Consequences – Precedents )
/ ( Precedents + Consequences )
Average Score of News Articles
Effect =( + Consequences )
Median Rank of News Articles
Attention =( Precedents + Consequences )
Median Rank of News Articles
Novelty =( – Precedents )
Median Rank of News Articles
News Annotations:Precedents
Consequences
News Metrics:InfluenceAttentionNoveltyEffect
News Annotations:Precedents
Consequences
News Metrics:InfluenceAttentionNoveltyEffect
Annotate
Measure
Group
Aggregate
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News Radar: Coordinates
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News Radar: Influence
Follow-up News
Breaking NewsRe
tros
pect
ive N
ews
Angle: InfluenceOrder news articles according
to their influence on the coveragegiven to their news stories.
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News Radar: Influence
Influence =( Consequences – Precedents )
/ ( Precedents + Consequences )
Follow-up News
Breaking NewsRe
tros
pect
ive N
ews
Angle: InfluenceNote: –1 ≤ Influence ≤ 1
Skip articles that are withoutprecedents or consequences.
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News Radar: Attention
Front Page Headline
Sideline
Back Page
Section Headline
Radius: AttentionPlace news articles according
to the amount of press attentiongiven to their news stories.
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News Radar: Attention
Attention =( Precedents + Consequences )
Radius: AttentionUse ranks to avoid outliers.
Skip articles that are withoutprecedents or consequences.
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News Radar: Articles
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News Radar: ArticlesNews Radar: Articles
Selected News Article
News ArticleClick to select.
Hover for tooltip info.
Click to view news
article.
Click to select news
source.
Click to select news
genre.
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News Radar: Groups
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News Radar: Groups
News ArticleNews Group
Click to select. Hover for tooltip.
Selected News Group
Click to select thetop newsarticle.
Click to select newscountry.
Click to select newscategory.
Group by:News source providersNews source countriesNews source categories
News article genres
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News Radar: Groups
News ArticleNews Group
Click to select. Hover for tooltip.
Selected News Group
Click to select thegrouping criterion.
Group by:News source providersNews source countriesNews source categories
News article genres
Click to select theprevious news group
in order of influence.
Click to select thenext news group
in order of influence.
Drag to selectanother news group.
Click on a news metric to select the top scoring news article of the news group.
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News Radar: Comparison
Search Query 1 Search Query 2
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News Radar: Comparison
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Radar + Gauge
Questions?
