Research Question: How does the use of the same or different words change from the beginning article to the last through the analysis of trends. While also analyzing how the use of Voyant tools gives the reader a visualization of the depicted trends.
As a reader it can be hard to visually see the evolving trends of an article, especially when there are a plethora of issued articles to read from and analyze over time. With the help of digital humanities, it has given the reader the chance to fully immerse themselves to understand the different trends throughout production. Where as for this analysis the evolved changes through out the history of the Modernist Journals Project The Crisis from beginning to end. With the help of Voyant Tools anyone can analyze a section or whole issue of the Modern Crisis and help uncover the different trends shown below.
Through analyzing the data one could be particularly interested in seeing how the use of the two words “white” and “people” could either increase or decrease in word use from the first to last book. It was found that in Vol. 1, No. 1 the word “people” was used 54 times and the word “white” was used 48 times. Where as in Vol. 25, No.2 the word “people” was used 39 times and the word “white” was used 57 times. From looking at the data through numerical terms one can tell that the use of the word “people” decreased where as the use of the word “white” increased. However, visually looking at the data makes it more attainable to see how in figure one the use of people was used sporadically throughout issue one. The information was indicated by the color coding of the purple bubbles. With an increased use amount of the word in the middle of the text as well. Versus in the second figure using the word people indicated by pink bubbles. The word was used more towards the middle to end of the issue. Opposite however can be said about the word white. In the first figure visually you see by the color orange that the word is used increasingly more towards the beginning. Whereas for the second figure it is used more frequently in the beginning to the end part of the issue. As one may find this relatively hard to interpret the use of the visualization makes it much easier to understand and focus on the trend seen. Hence, words are spread out based on how much they are used and the time of when the word can be used the most for the topic it is addressing.
With just one more thing to point out, not all visualizations have to depict a certain word you are trying to analyze. Through out the first issue, you can see the words that are commonly used throughout the one article. However, when looking at the second article that one can compare to such as Vol. 25, No. 2 (1922-12-01), when analyzed through Voyant Tools, the same words are not commonly used. Words like “colored, negro, new, York, and people” are used increasingly in that order through out the very first issue. Which cannot be said for the same as the last article. It can be said however that the use of different visualization trends can help in interpreting the data through a more pleasing and helpful way for one to read.