7c. Headline maps and origin-specific breakdown

Overview

This page draws the headline visual battery for §4.1 and §4.2 of the policy report: where DisInforMeter receptivity lives geographically, and how that picture shifts when the FIMI items are split by stated origin (Russian vs Chinese). It consumes the country-aggregate CSVs built in 7a and the cached country geometries.

Figure	Title	Source CSV	Status
F-07	Overall FIMI choropleth	s4_country_means_fimi.csv (full)	Skeleton
F-08	Ranked horizontal bar — overall DisInforMeter	s4_country_means_higherorder.csv (overall)	Skeleton
F-09	Five-domain choropleth small multiples	s4_country_means_byconstruct_long.csv	Skeleton
F-10	Russian-origin FIMI choropleth	s4_country_means_fimi.csv (russian_origin)	Skeleton
F-11	Chinese-origin FIMI choropleth	s4_country_means_fimi.csv (chinese_origin)	Skeleton
F-12	R − CH paired difference choropleth	s4_country_fimi_difference.csv	Skeleton
F-13	Country × FIMI item heatmap	s4_country_item_means.csv	Skeleton

Design source: docs/reports/2026-05-21_policy-report-content/02_figures-and-tables-spec.md F-07 through F-13.

F-07 — Overall FIMI choropleth (hero figure)

ggplot2 + geom_sf; divergent palette centred on the EU mean; one-decimal labels; horizontal colour-bar legend with an EU-mean tick.

Figure 1: Overall FIMI receptivity across S4 countries.

F-08 — Ranked horizontal bar: countries by overall DisInforMeter

Sorted descending by mean; 95 % CI whiskers; EU-mean vertical reference line; country names left-aligned, numeric values right-aligned.

Figure 2: Countries ranked by overall DisInforMeter score, with 95 % CIs.

F-09 — Small multiples: five-domain choropleths

2×3 grid (5 maps + 1 legend tile); single divergent scale shared across panels; Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Europe projection.

Figure 3: Small multiples — country means on each of the five higher-order DisInforMeter domains.

F-10 — Russian-origin FIMI choropleth

Same projection and base layer as F-07, independent colour scale so within-variant variation is visible.

Figure 4: Russian-origin FIMI receptivity across S4 countries.

F-11 — Chinese-origin FIMI choropleth

Same structure as F-10 with Chinese-origin items.

Figure 5: Chinese-origin FIMI receptivity across S4 countries.

F-12 — Russian minus Chinese difference choropleth

Divergent palette centred on zero. Countries where the CI of the difference excludes zero are outlined; others remain unfilled. A small inset bar plot ranks the differences.

Figure 6: Paired Russian − Chinese FIMI difference per country.

F-13 — Country × FIMI item heatmap

Rows = country, ordered by overall FIMI; columns = news items, ordered first by stated origin (Russian / Chinese) then by truth value. Cell colour = mean plausibility (1–7); cell annotation = mean to one decimal.

Figure 7: Country × FIMI-item heatmap of mean plausibility ratings.