Animated Data Visualizations with {gganimate} for Science Communication during the Pandemic
Channel: R Consortium
Date: 2021-09-01

Kristen Panthagani, PhD, presents on how using animated data visualizations on {gganimate} helped communicate science information during the pandemic. Panthagani discusses the process of creating {gganimate} for plots. 

Originally presented at R/Medicine 2021 by Kristen Panthagani 
https://r-medicine.com

Main Sections

0:00 Introduction
1:27 {gganimate} Adding higher levels of communication
2:50 Basics of {gganimate}
3:56 Codes for rescaling axes
5:44 {geom_text_repel} for animated labels 
7:21 Sometimes you need a variable 
8:42 Animation draws attention
9:10 Thank you 

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