kthang
commented
5 years ago Currently there is a paragraph:
In order to better understanding the importance of ethics, a video called ‘Practicing Good Ethics in Data Visualization’ by the University of California, Davis video has an excellent example to explain the reason. (“Practicing Good Ethics in Data Visualization,” n.d.)
This section seems to have been copy and pasted from two other sentences. It could be reworded as:
In order to better understand the importance of ethics, it is recommended to view a video called 'Practicing Good Ethics in Data Visualization' by the University of California, Davis. This video is an excellent example to explain this topic.
Additionally, there is no description of what happens in the video, which I feel would be helpful to the reader.
Later, the reader makes the statement:
Again, since the moral purpose is to improve well-being through understanding, a graphic that is confusing or misleading is unethical, regardless of intent, since it creates misunderstanding for the audience.
I feel like this is such a bold statement, but it is not qualified or explained thoroughly. Why is an unclear viz unethical instead of simply confusing?
There are multiple stylistic issues with 5.1: Importance of Ethics in Visualization. These issues make the section necessarily difficult to understand.