Digital Tools

Teaching with Arclight and POE

October 12, 2015
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Teaching with Arclight and POE

Today we publicly launch our software, Project Arclight, a new digital tool you can take advantage of in your research and the classroom.
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Textual Analysis & Technology: Information Overload, Part II

July 22, 2015
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Textual Analysis & Technology: Information Overload, Part II

Kyra Hunting continues her discussion of software options for media textual analysis, suggesting that while there is no single perfect qualitative research software application available, a combination of Filemaker Pro, NVivo, Dedoose, and Cinemetrics has helped her dig more deeply into media texts.
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Textual Analysis & Technology: In Search of a Flexible Solution, Part I

July 15, 2015
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Textual Analysis & Technology: In Search of a Flexible Solution, Part I

Kyra Hunting discusses how the creative use of open-ended software can serve media scholars — yet the available research software is not yet designed for the diversity of information, multiplicity of data input types, and unique twists and turns that accompanies the study of media texts.
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part III

June 9, 2015
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part III

In the third post in our "Digital Tools" series, Elana Levine discusses how she manages audio-visual sources for her extensive research project on the history of U.S. daytime television soap opera.
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part II

June 2, 2015
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part II

In the second post in our "Digital Tools" series, Elana Levine discusses her process for converting historical research materials into chapter outlines using Scrivener.
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part I

May 26, 2015
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Digital Tools for Television Historiography, Part I

In the inaugural post in our "Digital Tools" series, Elana Levine discusses DEVONthink document management software and her methods for organizing historical research materials digitally.
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