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Saturday, April 18, 2009

LA vs. NY - the Geography of Buzz - Cultural Mapping


























A great comparison display of the geography of media - first brought to my attention by
Flowing Data - it continues the rivalry of two American centers of culture.

Quick "Cut & Paste" Highlights:
" ...Elizabeth Currid (USC) and Sarah Williams (Columbia University), collaborate to map the
geography of buzz ..... mined thousands of photos from Getty Images which provided a dataset of parties in art, music, fashion, movies, film, etc and created density maps which in turn show the hip places to be...."


Full Article - Click Here

References / Credits:
FlowingData RSS feed , NY Times



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