Visualisation

This java visualisation seeks to reproduce the dynamics of the animation with the addition of interactivity. It requires the Sun Java Runtime Environment to run.

The snapshot image of the application below shows in larger black text the main parts of the application, including its features and controls. Starting from the top left and moving clockwise, each section is explained briefly below:

1. Concerns: particular concerns can be hidden or shown to allow a greater focus on particular elements.
2. Visualisation space: like in the animation page, the actors and concerns are shown in a 2D space, where the physical distance from actors to the concerns partly reflects their closeness in the media study. Actors can be dragged and moved throughout the screen, and clicking on the line at the point in which it leaves the concern point shows articles and quotes associated with that particular actor, together with the URL.
3. Speed controls change the pace of the timeline from fast to slow, to flowing in reverse.
4. Timeline controls: this can be altered manually by clicking and dragging on the timeline.
5. Controls: there are two forms of visualisation which can be switched by pressing 'v'.

Click here to open the visualisation in a separate window, but please allow up to a few minutes for it to download.