{"id":302,"date":"2009-03-11T01:35:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/?p=302"},"modified":"2009-03-11T01:35:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T05:35:00","slug":"gun-deaths-measured-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/2009\/03\/11\/gun-deaths-measured-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Deaths – Measured Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Accounting
Accounting of Daily Gun Deaths - Bill Marsh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What Works<\/h3>\n

This is an odd kind of chart, it uses 2004 data to show how the average of 81 people who die each day by guns are killed – suicides, homicides, accidents\/police action. Note that people who die in war are not included. I find this both intriguing and incomplete. For contextualizing sensational events like yesterday’s murders and suicide in Alabama, this is useful. People die everyday at the wrong end of guns, some as a result of homicide, more as a result of suicide in older cohorts. But…<\/p>\n

What Needs Work<\/h3>\n

… where’s the depth? The dotted circles grouping the bullets are not all that sensitive. It’s the same dots across the board, no matter what’s being grouped. Somehow that seems too hasty; it takes a lot of reading to decode this graphic. There could have been a way to do it so that race and gender were visually obvious without needing the words. Maybe the bullets representing dead females could have taken on a feminine form. Maybe race could have been represented by colored bands around the bullets. <\/p>\n

Relevant Resources<\/h3>\n

Arum, Richard and Taylor, Edward. (2007, 7 May) The Sociology of School Shootings<\/a> Edited transcript and audio link of a recent Voice of America interview with Richard Arum of the SSRC and Edward Taylor of U. Minn., presented with the permission of VOA. From the SSRC site.<\/p>\n

Dewan, Shaila. (2009, March 10) Gunman Kills at Least 10 in Alabama, Then Takes His Own Life After a Chase<\/a> in The New York Times<\/em> US Section.<\/p>\n

Marsh, Bill. (2007, 21 April) An Accounting of Daily Gun Deaths<\/a> in the New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"World
World Gun Deaths - From the AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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