{"id":712,"date":"2021-09-02T11:03:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T15:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a21\/?p=712"},"modified":"2021-09-06T23:39:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T03:39:20","slug":"data-art-student-loans-vs-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3200-a21\/cpdolan\/data-art-student-loans-vs-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Art &#8211; Student Loans vs Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Conor Dolan Data Art\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YEGLXqfISPM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For my data art project, I chose to compare the inflation rate and the average amount of student loans a person has upon graduation. The red circles represent inflation and the green circles represent student loans. (Between the years of 2003 and 2017, where each new set of circles represents another two years)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The point I was trying to get across with this piece is that over the years, inflation has increased at a slow, linear rate in comparison to the rate of student loans exponentially increasing. I personally believe that the cost of college should move up at a very similar rate that inflation does, but instead it increasingly gets more and more expensive, and far surpasses the rate that the value of the dollar is decreasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the green circles are showing, it&#8217;s difficult to see the red circles&#8217; change in size, and they all look the same size. I wanted that to happen, but I also wanted the viewer to be able to see the change if they wanted to. I added a feature in which you can click the screen to change the size of the green circles, so you can see inflation clearly with and without them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if I have the right timing on the rate at which I show the green circles growing. I didn&#8217;t want it to be completely smooth to make it seem like the cost of college is creeping up at an overwhelming rate. Does that get the point across, or should I just make them smoother?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Updated Data Art\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qiWm23HevCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was some confusion on my previous submission on what represented an increase in data, the circles on the x-axis or how their scale changed over time. I only meant for the growth over time to be a quick transition animation, which admittedly was not communicated at all in my last post. I made some text at the top to explain, and in addition I labeled each set of circles with the year. Lastly, I also made it so the counter stops, so the animation only plays once and doesn&#8217;t loop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my data art project, I chose to compare the inflation rate and the average amount of student loans a person has upon graduation. The red circles represent inflation and the green circles represent student loans. 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