This is a visualization of the frequency of the words 'iran' and 'iraq' in New York Times articles since 1981.
This visualization reads like a clock. You can see the Iran Contra Affair at about 2:30. The first gulf war is at about 4pm. The second Iraq invasion is the biggest spike starting at about 9:30, continuing up until the current day (midnight).
Interestingy, Iran (in red) shows a large increase in activity in the months leading up to the end of 2008.
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helen.2006, atomicjeep, white.label.syndicate, adamprocter, and 21 other people added this photo to their favorites.
helen.2006 52 months ago | reply
fascinating. did you trawl whole articles or just headlines?
blprnt_van 52 months ago | reply
Whole articles - including headlines & body text. The current database is not complete, though, so it's not a totally accurate representation.
What I liked about this particular one is the suggestion of a cycle that comes from the radial arrangement.
helen.2006 52 months ago | reply
I like it because it looks like an aerial photo of a bomb exploding (or at least a representation of such) which seems wholly appropriate.
adamprocter 52 months ago | reply
nice concept, looks very cool too !!
styndirkx 52 months ago | reply
really good!
What software did you use?
I would like to use it.
let me know pls.
tnx
Kombizz 38 months ago | reply
It is NOT a computer game anymore!