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 19 th 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
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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