Why video games aren’t causing America’s gun problem, in one chart
graph from Alvin Chang/Vox; slow reveal by Jenna Laib
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
Type of Graph: bar graphs
Visualization Source: Chang, Alvin. “Why video games aren’t causing America’s gun problem, in one chart: When we look at the top video game–consuming countries, there’s one clear outlier.” Vox: August 5, 2019.
Data Sources: Violent gun death data is from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; video game revenue data (which does not include hardware sales) from Newzoo, a gaming analytics company
Potential Math Content: bar graphs, estimating values, ratios, rates, scale, comparing data sets, developing theories about why
Potential Content Connections: video games, gun violence, cause and effect
Discover more from Slow Reveal Graphs
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
