Boutique Big Data: Reintegrating Close and Distant Reading of 19th-Century Newspapers (Poster Slam)

Boutique Big Data:Reintegrating Close and Distant Reading of 19th-Century Newspapers

M. H. Beals Booth 052_________________________________

How to create a successful newspaper in the 19th century: Purchase, inherit or otherwise ‘obtain’ a printing press and type Subscribe or purchase a variety of other people’s newspapers

Invest in a sturdy pair of scissors

Boutique Big Data:Reintegrating Close and Distant Reading of 19th-Century Newspapers

M. H. Beals Booth 052_________________________________

How to understand scissors-and-paste journalism: Create or obtain machine-readable transcriptions of newspapers

Perform a ‘Plagiarism Check’ on texts Map reprints using filtering heuristics

Boutique Big Data:Reintegrating Close and Distant Reading of 19th-Century Newspapers

M. H. Beals Booth 052_________________________________

How to visualise 19th-century reprint culture Explore connections of shared knowledge Map directionality and gatekeeper nodes

Uncover evolutionary pressures and advantages