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arXiv:2109.12975cs.GL

Towards a Theory of Bullshit Visualization

Michael Correll

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Abstract

In this unhinged rant, I lay out my suspicion that a lot of visualizations are bullshit: charts that do not have even the common decency to intentionally lie but are totally unconcerned about the state of the world or any practical utility. I suspect that bullshit charts take up a large fraction of the time and attention of actual visualization producers and consumers, and yet are seemingly absent from academic research into visualization design.

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Preprint of paper accepted to alt.VIS 2021 workshop https://altvis.github.io/
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cs.GLGeneral Literature cs.HCHuman-Computer Interaction

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