<s>
Social	B-Application
Visualization	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interdisciplinary	O
intersection	O
of	O
information	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
to	O
study	O
creating	O
intuitive	O
depictions	O
of	O
massive	O
and	O
complex	O
social	O
interactions	O
for	O
social	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
study	O
“	O
primarily	O
concerned	O
with	O
the	O
visualization	B-Application
of	O
text	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
visual	O
interaction	O
data	O
to	O
uncover	O
social	O
connections	O
and	O
interaction	O
patterns	O
in	O
online	O
and	O
physical	O
spaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACM	O
Computing	O
Classification	O
System	O
has	O
classified	O
this	O
field	O
of	O
study	O
under	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
Human-Centered	O
Computing	O
(	O
1st	O
)	O
and	O
Information	B-Application
Visualization	I-Application
(	O
2nd	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
third	O
level	O
concept	O
in	O
a	O
general	O
sense	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Social	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
is	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
information	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Karrie	O
G	O
.	O
Karahalios	O
and	O
Fernanda	O
Viégas	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
distinctive	O
aspect	O
of	O
social	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
is	O
that	O
"	O
social	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
focuses	O
on	O
people	O
,	O
the	O
groups	O
they	O
form	O
,	O
their	O
patterns	O
,	O
their	O
interactions	O
,	O
and	O
how	O
they	O
related	O
to	O
their	O
communities.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
common	O
misperception	O
of	O
social	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
is	O
that	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
Network	O
Analysis	O
or	O
Social	O
Network	O
Visualization	B-Application
and	O
Social	B-Application
Visualization	I-Application
;	O
they	O
are	O
loosely	O
related	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Social	O
network	O
visualization	B-Application
is	O
a	O
traditional	O
form	O
of	O
social	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
more	O
appropriate	O
to	O
consider	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
visualization	B-Application
in	O
social	O
sciences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
has	O
been	O
a	O
long	O
history	O
of	O
visualization	B-Application
in	O
a	O
social	O
science	O
perspective	O
,	O
which	O
enables	O
us	O
to	O
witness	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
social	B-Application
visualizations	I-Application
and	O
their	O
implications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
changes	O
in	O
visualization	B-Application
methodology	O
and	O
tools	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
few	O
decades	O
are	O
fundamentally	O
affecting	O
the	O
way	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
social	O
sciences	O
and	O
computational	O
social	O
science	O
are	O
researched	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
which	O
studies	O
are	O
communicated	O
(	O
Olson	O
1997	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
changes	O
have	O
been	O
largely	O
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
rapid	O
development	O
of	O
computing	O
power	O
and	O
visualization	B-Application
technology	O
since	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
affordable	O
computing	O
and	O
visualization	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
indicates	O
a	O
visualization	B-Application
as	O
offering	O
"	O
a	O
method	O
for	O
seeing	O
the	O
unseen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1989	O
)	O
"	O
After	O
that	O
,	O
many	O
computer	O
scientists	O
dedicated	O
their	O
academic	O
careers	O
for	O
nurturing	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
social	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
with	O
strong	O
emphasis	O
on	O
applying	O
computational	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
