Infographic of the Day: Tweeting Political Pundits, Made Beautiful

Pundits on the left and right tend to talk past each other--harping on different subjects, never engaging in exactly the same debate. No surprise there. But how do they differ in the things that they talk about?

Aer Studio has created a brilliant visualization that answers that question: New Politcal Interfaces, which was just shown-off in a workshop at Medialab Prado (which we featured yesterday). As you can see above, the interface shows the topics mentioned over Twitter by various high-profile pundits. But it takes the further step of showing the blend of tweets from right and left. Thus, things that both sides have tweeted about equally show up purple; obsessions of the right and left show up blue and red. For example, talk about Tiger Woods has been the sole province of the right; surprisingly, Afghanistan has only been talked about on the left. You can then click on each topic to get a precise breakdown of exactly who's been tweeting on the subject, and how many times:

For now, the interface is stunning but limited. But according to Infosethetics, Aer is now working on adding more layers of information--which will hopefully include the tweets themselves.

[Via Infosthetics]