Johanna Drucker wrote an amazing article on interpretations of graphical representations, which honestly enlightened my perception of knowledge and experience in the fields of social science. It made me reconsider what my first interpretations of these expressions, and furthered my intuitions, by asking questions like “what is” or could something actually be as one simple “real”. Things like database visualizations can easily create a space where you no longer feel the need to critic or analysis, but rather enjoy and experience. When reading or processing data, you examine more clearly, personally I think because of the depth it takes to analyze words into individual local knowledge and vocabulary found in your brain. But with these data visualizations it is so easy to persuade the audience. With a couple neat colors and transitions, the audience can experience a visual presentation with little thought involved. For example, college campuses like UCLA use a pie chart to breakdown their budget and spending, but these categories exist because of the ambiguity in their titles. How do truly know what is spent where? 
Here we are as students spending $12,000 individually on tuition alone to attend this school, I mean multiple that to the number of students attending, and or attended in the past 95 years; where has that money gone? There is so much ambiguity that exists and truly allow ourselves to suspend our beliefs. But I mean in the world we live in, it could be seen as something almost necessary. Did you know that our minds process around 36GB a day? (Prezi Fact) We need some sort of break anytime we can get. It is much easier to grasp a concept with a visual, then to break down and process words. Although I do not appreciate feeling as though every time I look at data visualizations I might be getting punked. Naturally I am a very trusting, but seeing how easily things can be twist and manipulated to create a story and stir up emotions, make me want to look on everynewscast and see what, and how they are attempting to portray the world to their users.
This article makes me what to ask more questions, is the information I am given enough, and what are they tryign to make me think? The author uses the saying “claims of certainty” with this visual “facts”, when really all we have is perception. We make attempts to display knowledge on an obtainable level, but even basic concepts are interpreted expressions. Whether it is something as simple as language, for example the understandings between Lou and Restroom, or the thought of gender as binary category.