Today public conversations are increasingly driven by numbers. While charts infographics and
diagrams can make us smarter they can also deceive - intentionally or unintentionally. To be
informed citizens we must all be able to decode and use the visual information that
politicians journalists and even our employers present us with each day. Demystifying an
essential new literacy for our data-driven world How Charts Lie examines contemporary examples
ranging from election result infographics to global GDP maps and box office record charts as
well as an updated afterword on the graphics of the COVID-19 pandemic.
