SnapShot News Analysis and Visualisation System

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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

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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

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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?