# (Data) Visualisation

**Data storytelling through visualization** is crucial because it transforms complex things which are inaccessible or hardly accessible into something we can more easily grasp - something we can **see**.

By combining data with visuals, such as graphs, charts, and maps, we can 1) either effectively **explore** or 2) effectively **communicate** patterns, trends, and outliers that might otherwise go unnoticed. This approach not only makes data more accessible and understandable to a wider audience but also enhances decision-making by providing a compelling narrative that connects the data to real-world implications.

### Inspirational videos

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</td><td>Hans Rosling is, for many, a founder of "data storytelling" ...  
  
Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBC, ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbkSRLYSojo))

</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.76px;"><td style="height: 29.76px;">**The beauty of data visualization (David McCandless)**, 2012, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg-C8AAIGg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zg-C8AAIGg))</td><td style="height: 29.76px;">Data journalism, "**Data**set should change your **mind**set"</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.76px;"><td style="height: 29.76px;">**Turning Bad Charts into Compelling Data Stories**, Dominic Bohan | [TEDxYouth@Singapore](mailto:TEDxYouth@Singapore), 2019, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edAf1jx1wh8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edAf1jx1wh8))</td><td style="height: 29.76px;">There are better and worse ways how to visualize ...</td></tr><tr style="height: 29.76px;"><td style="height: 29.76px;">**The Evolution Of Data Visualization** | Dustin Cabral | TEDxBryantU, 2023, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOJet45-kcY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOJet45-kcY))

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### Lectures

**Basic principles of data visualization in academic practice** (Tomáš Marek, KISK), 2021, [https://medial.phil.muni.cz/Play/12136](https://medial.phil.muni.cz/Play/12136)

- Visual representations of data are powerful tools of scholarly communication. However, extensive research shows that they are not always used with sufficient functionality. This lecture and follow-up workshop will focus on the basic principles and rules of data visualization and its application. The lesson will focus on data visualization foundations and concepts, such as data-ink ratio, chartjunk or memorability. We will dive shortly into relevant cognitive science topics, such as pre-attentive processing or memory.

### Books

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<div class="csl-entry"><table border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Yau, N. (2024) *Visualize This: the flowingdata guide to design, visualization, and statistics second edition*. 2nd edn. Indianapolis: John Wiley and Sons. [https://flowingdata.com/visualize-this/](https://flowingdata.com/visualize-this/)</td><td>[![image.png](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/7EdMWXn2Z8WPDdZL-image.png)](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/7EdMWXn2Z8WPDdZL-image.png)

</td></tr><tr><td><div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">Few, S. (2012) *Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten*. Second edition. Burlingame, Calif: Analytics Press.</div></div></td><td>[![image.png](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/lyz1ciToWLft37ZG-image.png)](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/lyz1ciToWLft37ZG-image.png)

</td></tr><tr><td><div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry"><div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">Knaflic, C.N. (2015) *Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals*. 1st edition. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley.</div></div></div></div></td><td>[![image.png](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/qiFBqby6QHHqZx9Z-image.png)](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/qiFBqby6QHHqZx9Z-image.png)

</td></tr><tr><td><div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry"><div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry"><div class="csl-bib-body"><div class="csl-entry">Schwabish, J. (2021) *Better Data Visualizations: A Guide for Scholars, Researchers, and Wonks*. New York: Columbia University Press.</div></div></div></div></div></div></td><td>[![image.png](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/scaled-1680-/fhEjNkx10Lcn8Hxa-image.png)](https://docs.religionistika.phil.muni.cz/uploads/images/gallery/2025-03/fhEjNkx10Lcn8Hxa-image.png)

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</div></div>### Other resources

**Datová žurnalistika Českého Rozhlasu**, [https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-tag/datova-zurnalistika](https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-tag/datova-zurnalistika)

**Datacamp**

- [Introduction to Data Literacy - DataCamp Learn](https://app.datacamp.com/learn/courses/introduction-to-data-literacy)
- [Understanding Data Visualization - DataCamp Learn](https://app.datacamp.com/learn/courses/understanding-data-visualization)