ALOE http://aloe-project.de/AloeFeeds/action/atomFeedResourceActivities?resourceId=teBJS3k aloe-noreply@dfki.uni-kl.de Martin http://aloe-project.de/AloeView/action/userData?userId=lzwX6p3 This feed contains recent activities on resource "Fooled by beautiful data: Visualization aesthetics bias trust in science, news, and social media" in [ALOE] http://aloe-project.de/AloeFeeds/action/atomFeedResourceActivities?resourceId=teBJS3k ALOE http://aloe-project.de/AloeFeeds/action/atomFeedResourceActivities?resourceId=teBJS3k aloe-noreply@dfki.uni-kl.de Martin http://aloe-project.de/AloeView/action/userData?userId=lzwX6p3 http://aloe-project.de/AloeFeeds/action/atomFeedResourceActivities?resourceId=teBJS3k:6:2022-08-15 21:05:48.0 August 15, 2022 9:05:00 PM CEST: User <a href="http://aloe-project.de/AloeView/action/userData?userId=lzwX6p3"><b>Martin</b></a> contributed resource <a href="http://aloe-project.de/AloeView/action/resourceDetailed?resourceId=teBJS3k"><b>Fooled by beautiful data: Visualization aesthetics bias trust in science, news, and social media</b></a> with the following metadata:<br/><br/><i>associatedDate</i>: <b></b><br/><i>creator</i>: <b>Lin, Chujun, and Mark A. Thornton</b><br/><i>description</i>: <b>Scientists, policymakers, and the public increasingly rely on data visualizations &ndash; such as COVID tracking charts, weather forecast maps, and political polling graphs &ndash; to inform important decisions. The aesthetic decisions of graph-makers may produce graphs of varying visual appeal, independent of data quality. Here we tested whether the beauty of a graph influences how much people trust it. Across three studies, we sampled graphs from social media, news reports, and scientific publications, and consistently found that graph beauty predicted trust. In a fourth study, we manipulated both the graph beauty and misleadingness. We found that beauty, but not actual misleadingness, causally affected trust. These findings reveal a source of bias in the interpretation of quantitative data and indicate the importance of promoting data literacy in education.</b><br/><i>language</i>: <b></b><br/><i>license</i>: <b>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</b><br/><i>publisher</i>: <b></b><br/><i>resourceType</i>: <b>resource-bookmark</b><br/><i>rightsHolder</i>: <b></b><br/><i>tags</i>: <b>visualization paper aesthetics bias</b><br/><i>title</i>: <b>Fooled by beautiful data: Visualization aesthetics bias trust in science, news, and social media</b><br/>