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Wikileaks #cablegate - distribution of cables per source
This is a graph showing the distribution of the 255,000+ cables included in the #cablegate release.
I rendered this out to give me a better idea of the time-wise distribution of the cables in the database. Even though there are scattered cables that occur as early as 1966, the vast majority of cables begin around 2004.
Sources (typically embassies and consulates) are sorted into columns right to left. Time is on the vertical axis, running from 1966 at the top to 2010 at the bottom.
As you can see, the vast majority of cable activity (at least in the releases) occurs well after 9/11 (the red line).
There are some notable sources which show increased activity before 9/11 (for example the embassy in Harare), but most sources increase after that event - typically starting around 2004 or 2005.
This bottom-heavy distribution was not what I expected when I started pursuing the idea I had for animated comparisons of terms over time - and forces me to reconsider the feasibility of that approach (though it could simply mean using a shorter time period for focus).
Wikileaks #cablegate - distribution of cables per source
This is a graph showing the distribution of the 255,000+ cables included in the #cablegate release.
I rendered this out to give me a better idea of the time-wise distribution of the cables in the database. Even though there are scattered cables that occur as early as 1966, the vast majority of cables begin around 2004.
Sources (typically embassies and consulates) are sorted into columns right to left. Time is on the vertical axis, running from 1966 at the top to 2010 at the bottom.
As you can see, the vast majority of cable activity (at least in the releases) occurs well after 9/11 (the red line).
There are some notable sources which show increased activity before 9/11 (for example the embassy in Harare), but most sources increase after that event - typically starting around 2004 or 2005.
This bottom-heavy distribution was not what I expected when I started pursuing the idea I had for animated comparisons of terms over time - and forces me to reconsider the feasibility of that approach (though it could simply mean using a shorter time period for focus).