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Occupy Wall StreetUnderstanding a Movement
Hanna Sender Senior THeSiS 1 | Julia WargaSki upload 2 | november 21, 2011
lies, lies & statistics
lies, lies & statistics
For a movemenT WHoSe rallying cry iS a STaTiSTic, THe occupy movemenT iSn’T abouT numberS aT all. The media (both covering and coming from the movement) have peppered their coverage with data, statistics, and facts. This bom-bardment of information is easily brushed off as lies, lies and statistics.
I aim to change that. I want to present the information in a way that will actually be mean-ingful. I have been creating prototypes and infor-mation system mockups for use in an interactive web environment designed to explore and under-stand the Occupy Movement (OWS).
OWS has evolved in the two months since its inception. This piece will be a tool for undersand-ing the core motivating issues as well as exploring the activity of OWS itself.
The information that will be covered can be divided in to four sections: influences, occupa-tions, the 99 and the issues. However, an under-standing of this movement can not be achieveed through linear hierarchical information. The four sections are fluidly linked through content and form so that the viwer may approach any issue from any angle.
JouranlistActivistWitnessInterpreter RevolutionaryOccupierDirty HippieEducated EliteParticipant Observer
WHaT iS my role in all oF THiS? OWS is happening now. That is why I was drawn to it as a thesis topic. And that is why I am struggling to define my role for this project. Participant Observation allows for a level of in-volvement that conventional journalism does not. But as I have done more and more research into the movement, I have also found myself tak-ing increasingly large steps back. I want to pass on this information with as much credibility and transparency as possible. So while I pay at-tention: I watch the live streams, I tweet and I discuss; I am not camping, not getting arrested and not participating in consensus building. I do not wish for my own beliefs and issues that I am most concerned about to dominate the piece. I want this movement to speak for itself. Liberty Plaza is a platform for discussion, not solutions. I want this piece to work in that same manner - to foster discussion, regardless of what I as the designer feel.
On the following pages you will find representa-tions of the information that will be included, a
general sense of how the systems wil be united and mock ups of various systems.
Working TiTleS: The Occupy Movement - UnderstoodUnderstanding a MovementThe Occupation in Numbers
audience:Those who do not know anything about the occupationSkeptics of the movementsThose unclear and confused by the motives of the occupiersThose who think this is a short term endevour and will just go away in the winter.
goalS:Bring more comprehensive information, backed by data, and empowered by connections and stories to the publicMotivate involvment, whether its camping, donating or just tuning in.Represent the movement without speaking for the movement.Draw connections between national economic and political is-sues and personal narratives.
Form:Web based interactive graphicmulti modalnon linear navigationslive dynamic updates
Information map. What information will be included, how they will connected, and what form they will be represented in. (Does not show the linking that will occur between modes.) The possible forms include: timeline, map, diagram/graphic system, text and image gallery.
The Occupy Movement
Occupa-
Major Events
policeactions
direct actions
Global
National
Local
Zucotti
Involvement
do-na-
money
goods
facebook likes
twitter followers
twitter accounts
websites & blogs
livestream views
Press
timelinemapdiagram thingtext
Working
number of groups
group
description
website
activity
members
what hap-
people there
arrests
coverage
live stream views
twitter activity
hashtags
news stories
media present
number of articles
who is covering
headlines
onlin camping
pro
- occupa-donors
consumers
facebook pages
livestream channels
location
date started
major events
working groups
donations
press
event
dates
people in-volved
what happened?
The 99
gallery
individual stories
personal testimony
their demo-graphics
their issues
demographics
website survey results
education level
employment
gender
wages
politics
social media use
add yourself
form
The Issues
theories Over Time Regionally
debt
wealthdistribution
jobs report
the crash
housing market
taxes
discussions
solutions
The Occupy Movement
Occupa-
Major Events
policeactions
direct actions
Global
National
Local
Zucotti
Involvement
do-na-
money
goods
facebook likes
twitter followers
twitter accounts
websites & blogs
livestream views
Press
timelinemapdiagram thingtext
Working
number of groups
group
description
website
activity
members
what hap-
people there
arrests
coverage
live stream views
twitter activity
hashtags
news stories
media present
number of articles
who is covering
headlines
onlin camping
pro
- occupa-donors
consumers
facebook pages
livestream channels
location
date started
major events
working groups
donations
press
event
dates
people in-volved
what happened?
The 99
gallery
individual stories
personal testimony
their demo-graphics
their issues
demographics
website survey results
education level
employment
gender
wages
politics
social media use
add yourself
form
The Issues
theories Over Time Regionally
debt
wealthdistribution
jobs report
the crash
housing market
taxes
discussions
solutions
The Occupy Movement
Occupations
Major Events
policeactions
direct actions
Global
National
Local
Zucotti
Involvement
dona-tions
money
goods
facebook likes
twitter followers
twitter accounts
websites & blogs
livestream views
Press
timelinemapdiagram thingtext
Working
number of groups
group
description
website
activity
members
what hap-
people there
arrests
coverage
live stream views
twitter activity
hashtags
news stories
media present
number of articles
who is covering
headlines
online camping
pro
du
c-
occupa-donors
consumers
facebook pages
livestream channels
location
date started
major events
working groups
donations
press
event
dates
people in-volved
what happened?
The 99
gallery
individual stories
personal testimony
their demo-graphics
their issues
demographics
website survey results
education level
employment
gender
wages
politics
social media use
add yourself
form
The Issues
theories Over Time Regionally
debt
wealthdistribution
jobs report
the crash
housing market
taxes
discussions
solutions
timelinemapdiagram thingtextgallery
The Occupy Movement
Occupations
Major Events
policeactions
direct actions
Global
National
Local
Zucotti
Involvement
dona-tions
money
goods
facebook likes
twitter followers
twitter accounts
websites & blogs
livestream views
Press
timelinemapdiagram thingtext
Working
number of groups
group
description
website
activity
members
what hap-
people there
arrests
coverage
live stream views
twitter activity
hashtags
news stories
media present
number of articles
who is covering
headlines
online camping
pro
du
c-
occupa-donors
consumers
facebook pages
livestream channels
location
date started
major events
working groups
donations
press
event
dates
people in-volved
what happened?
The 99
gallery
individual stories
personal testimony
their demo-graphics
their issues
demographics
website survey results
education level
employment
gender
wages
politics
social media use
add yourself
form
The Issues
theories Over Time Regionally
debt
wealthdistribution
jobs report
the crash
housing market
taxes
discussions
solutions
The Occupy Movement
Occupations
Major Events
policeactions
direct actions
Global
National
Local
Zucotti
Involvement
dona-tions
money
goods
facebook likes
twitter followers
twitter accounts
websites & blogs
livestream views
Press
timelinemapdiagram thingtext
Working
number of groups
group
description
website
activity
members
what hap-
people there
arrests
coverage
live stream views
twitter activity
hashtags
news stories
media present
number of articles
who is covering
headlines
online camping
pro
du
c-
occupa-donors
consumers
facebook pages
livestream channels
location
date started
major events
working groups
donations
press
event
dates
people in-volved
what happened?
The 99
gallery
individual stories
personal testimony
their demo-graphics
their issues
demographics
website survey results
education level
employment
gender
wages
politics
social media use
add yourself
form
The Issues
theories Over Time Regionally
debt
wealthdistribution
jobs report
the crash
housing market
taxes
discussions
solutions
timelinemapdiagram thingtextgallery
The Occupy Movement
Occupations
Major Events
policeactions
direct actions
Global
National
Local
Zucotti
Involvement
dona-tions
money
goods
facebook likes
twitter followers
twitter accounts
websites & blogs
livestream views
Press
timelinemapdiagram thingtext
Working
number of groups
group
description
website
activity
members
what hap-
people there
arrests
coverage
live stream views
twitter activity
hashtags
news stories
media present
number of articles
who is covering
headlines
online camping
pro
du
c-
occupa-donors
consumers
facebook pages
livestream channels
location
date started
major events
working groups
donations
press
event
dates
people in-volved
what happened?
The 99
gallery
individual stories
personal testimony
their demo-graphics
their issues
demographics
website survey results
education level
employment
gender
wages
politics
social media use
add yourself
form
The Issues
theories Over Time Regionally
debt
wealthdistribution
jobs report
the crash
housing market
taxes
discussions
solutions
Mock Ups. The following mock ups show different ways the information will be displayed. They cor-respond to the sections and forms outlined in the information map.
#occupy
people involved
money raised
press coverage
twitter activity
direct actions
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Number of Occupations
November 5, 2011
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
$500,000
173
nationwide
#occupy
money raised
press coverage
twitter activity
direct actions
oakland
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
$14,000
press coverage
arrests
facebook likes
press coverage
people involved
twitter fo
llowers
DAY 27
speci�c occupation /time
As seen in the information map, ‘occupations’ may be viewed on many different levels and scales. This mock up shows a na-tional portait of the movement
While here we have a local camp’s breakdown. As often as possible, the navigation between modes will be as simple as the larger scale being incor-porated into the localized scale. i.e. the national map shrinking down in to the bottom of the frame.
The charts will all be dynamic. As you scroll through the timelines, everything changes correspondingly
political parties
regular social media use
wages
employment
education
67%
othe
rfe
mal
em
ale
30.9%
2%age
< 18
18-2
425
-34
35-4
445
-54
55-6
465
+
2.2%
7.2%10%
16.4%
37.9%
24.4%
1.9% genderyoutube
twitterfacebook 66.4%
28.9%73.9%
democratrepublican
independent
70.3%
2.4%27.3%
under $24,999
over $150,000$75,000 - $150,000
$50,000 - $74,999$25,000 - $49,999
15.4%24%
47.5%
11%2%
part time
homemakersdisabled
retiredunemployed
2.6%13%
20.4%
1.3%2.6%
full time 50.4%9.7%full time students
graduate school degree
high school degree or lesssome college
college degreesome graduate school
35%8.2%
21.5%
27.4%7.9%
not currently enrolled 73.3%26.7%currently enrolled
70.3%
the 99% demographics
arrests: 4000
facebook likes: 120,005
web traf�c/week:400,000
twitter followers: 104,209
Occupiers:1,716,700
demographics option AThe 99 ‘s demo-graphic data, as
well as graph-ics showing how
people are involved is one of the main
points that ties personal narratives
to statistical un-derstanding of the
situation. By follow-ing one 99er’s story
through demo-graphics, involve-
ment, and into the larger economic
issues, we can see a more compre-
hensive view of the movement.
relevant stat to demographic
relevant stat to demographic
relevant stat to demographic
relevant stat to demographic
relevant stat to demographic
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
Sep JanOct Nov Dec
$500,000
I am 24 years old and am $90,000 in debt from getting a college education. Why are we being punished with debt for getting a higher education, which is what everyone says we should do! College was supposed to make my life easier but now I can barely make my loan payments.I am the 99%!
the 99% storiesby clicking on the demo-graphic & tagged items in the narrative you go either
back to the “the 99%” page or to the “big pic-ture” economic factors
page. Search
the 99% stori
Possible Systems for displaying informationAKA “diagram thingy”AKA “graphic system”
‘75 ‘80 ‘85 ‘90 ‘95 ‘00 ‘05 ‘10
GDP in billions of
current dollars
Median Household Income
in thousands,2007 dollars
Unemployment ratein thousands of 2007 dollars
Corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital
consumption adjustments, in billions of dollars
national debt
housing report
Personal Debt
1979 - 2011
This version would show the information over a 30 year span. From here you could select the 10 year model or pick one of the factors to look into further. The purpose of these systems is to gather information of general trends, not details. (Specific detail could be seen by hovering over each mode.)
‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘04 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11
Median Household Income
in thousands,2007 dollars
Unemployment ratein thousands of 2007 dollars
housing report
PAST TEN PAST TEN
GDP in billions of
current dollars
Corporate profits with inventory valuation and capital consumption adjust-ments, in billions of dollars
alternative symbol and style options:
Top 1%
‘83 ‘89 ‘92 ‘95 ‘98 ‘01 ‘04 ‘07
MEDIAN HOUSE-HOLD INCOME
MEDIAN HOUSE-HOLD INCOME
80% - 99%
60% - 80% 4th 20%
40% - 60%
MeanIncome
the size distribution of income, % share of income held by:
Here we see one factor, unpacked into the various elements that make up the issue. Know-ing the unemployment rate is one thing (9%) but understanding that the unemployment rate does not include an additional 8% of the population [who are either part time employed, but want to work full time, have been unemployed for longer than 6 months or have simply stopped looking] we begin to see a much larger picture of the economic factors.
In this system we see the wealth distribution and median incomes. The discrepency is immediatly obvious.
revieWer 1:Big system should be integrated into the mockupsScale of difference should be considered. Thousands versus Billions. Doesn’t think it needs to be mathmatically on scale but not visually misleading either
revieWer 2:Dot representation (bubbles) are the easiest way to
see the differences year to year and between the cat-egories. Much better, visually, to see that than the pie
charts from the earlier version. More intuitive.
revieWer 3:Thinks the graphic system takes too long to under-stand. Wants them to be side by side, not in circles.Thinks it works well when the numbers are extreme, not otherwise.
collected feedback
Top 1%
‘83 ‘89 ‘92 ‘95 ‘98 ‘01 ‘04 ‘07
MEDIAN HOUSE-HOLD INCOME
MEDIAN HOUSE-HOLD INCOME
80% - 99%
60% - 80% 4th 20%
40% - 60%
MeanIncome
the size distribution of income, % share of income held by:
revieWer 4:The overall look is great. Very clean, feels easy to navigate. The timelines presented are a little bit hard to figure out.
I can gather the overall picture of the information you are trying to convey, but I am unable to fully grasp the details,
which would help me to find the overall message you are arguing for. However, if you are planning on making more
details available by hovering over each mode, I believe this problem would be solved.
As far as the information presented, I this you cover the move-ment really well. I could hear more about the message. I know
is is covered to an extent, but is there a way to represent the rhetoric as well as the data behind it. I think that is a really
important part of this movement specifically, so is necessary in a complete coverage of it.
