Social Network Visualization

Image sharing applications from Instagram to China’s Xiaohongshu have become integral to millions of lives. People can take photos anywhere and anytime with a high-pixel phone camera and upload them in a second thanks to improvements in communication technology. Photo editing and beautification software allows people to improve photo quality in the blink of an eye. At the same time, a growing aesthetic requirement has also driven the development of social network visualization.

Human culture is considered to have experienced the oral age and the printing age, and is now amid the visual age. The power of images is felt stronger now than ever. The world is visualized, and images shape our perception and understanding of the world.

Wu Qiong, professor at the Department of Philosophy, Renmin University

May 18, 2021: A tourist poses in front of a graffiti wall in Mafangwan, southwestern China’s Chongqing Municipality. Formerly dilapidated residential buildings have been transformed into a fairytale world and become a popular spot for visitors to take photos and post them online. IC