They Rule
- Logo
They Rule provides glimpses of some of the relationships of the US ruling class
- URL
- http://www.theyrule.net
- Keywords
- viz, power structures, relationships,
- Project Current Phase
- Released
- Project Start Date
- 2001
- Launch Date
- 2001
- Most Recent Update
- 2011
- Update Frequency
- not anymore
- Thematic Focus
- Exposure
- Issue addressed
- Tracking power structures
- Geographic Focus
- US
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
- Narrative
- Query
- Yes
- Geographic Map
- Timelines
- Lists
- Yes
- Network Visualisation
- Yes
- Other Visualisation
- Raw Data
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
They Rule aims to provide a glimpse of some of the relationships of the US ruling class.
- Approach (How?)
- They Rule use data from LittleSis to expose networks of powers by displaying and enabling people to map the social relationships between entities and elite powers.
- Language
- English
- Commissioner
- FutureFarmers
- Publisher
- Josh On (US)
- Partners
- Littlesis, Renew Media (now Media Artists)
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project
- Target Audience
- Online Audience Reached
- N/A
- No ( followers)
- Publisher's Twitter Followers
- Online Rank
- Google: 5 Alexa: 2,043,453 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 56/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 39/100 ()
- Online Rank (Publisher)
- Google: Alexa:
- News Source
- Medium
- Offline Audience Reached
- International
- Outcome
- Part of a paradigm shift of using visualisations for activism http://www.bcs.org/upload/pdf/ewic_ev10_s1paper2.pdf
- Last updated
- 19/10/2015
- Attempts against the project
- N/A /
Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
- Tech Best Practices:
- Code Repository
- Tool
- Database
- Frontend
- Backend
- Data Format
- Data Standard
- Technical Documentation URL
- Technical Architecture Documentation
- Schema Documentation
- Design Documentation
- API Documentation
Data Sources
- Data Sources
Team
Team size and expertise
- Team Size
- One person
- Team Experience
- Research
- Some
- Data Science
- None
- Engineering
- Outsourced
- Design
- Some
Project Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
- Project Methodology
- Agile
- Open Source
- No
- Open Data
- No
- Budget
- N/A
- Contracting
- N/A
- Risk Planning
- No planning
- Sustainability Planning
- No planning
Documented Practices
Documentation about project practices
Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
- Data Modeling
- Relational
- Ethical Collection
- No guidelines
- Ethical Storage
- N/A
- Data Collection
- External Sources
- Data Collection
- Data Verification
- Spot Check
- Data Cleaning
- N/A
- Data Analysis
- Simple
- Data Description
- No
- Data Licensing
- Restricted
- Ethical Publishing
- N/A
- Ethical Publishing
- Data Publishing Mode
- Scrapable