Use "quick and dirty" tools to understand and grasp different facets of controversies
Classified under Tools Applied (Digital methods, Lippmannian device), Users (Journalists, Decision-makers), Visualizations (Debate map, Tag cloud)
The questions and designed exercises below will allow you to choose your own controversy and use quick tools to explore it in a live session. As a general rule, very fast tools, like those presented in this section, will allow you to get "quick and dirty" results, rough outputs that can offer a first source of orientation in the complex and fast-changing world of controversies. These views may be carachterized by "noisy" information, but represent invaluable ways of finding reference points when you are exploring your controversy. Just click on the title and you will be redirected, starting your navigation on Mapping Controversies:
- How hot is your controversy?
- CONTROVERSY DASHBOARD GENERATOR
- WHERE IS PARTISANSHIP IN MY CONTROVERSY?
- WHICH ARE THE SUB-ISSUES?
- CONTROVERSY RISK-O-METER
- CONTROVERSY RUMORS DETECTOR
- WHO ARE THE STAKEHOLDERS?
- MAP YOUR DATA
- DATA VISUALIZATION REPOSITORIES
Related items from Macospol
Controversy dashboard generatorGet an immediate controversy overview with the Silobreaker tool
How hot is my controversy?
Is your controversy debated and reported in the global news today?
Map Your Data
Visualize regional data grids on a worldmap - Turn your numbers into a map
Is an information source partisan?
Detecting hype, skepticism, and schools of thoughts in controversies
Controversy Risk-O-Meter
Locate the risk discourse about your controversy in the web
Which are the sub-issues?
Detecting how your controversy is structured
Macospol Platform Tutorial
A tutorial for Decision-Makers and Journalists on controversy mapping and the use of the MACOSPOL platform