BLAST, World War I, and Tonal Shifts
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| − | Volume 1: Elephants are VERY BIG. Motor cars go quickly. | + | Volume 1: Elephants are VERY BIG. Motor cars go quickly." |
Volume 2: War. War never changes. | Volume 2: War. War never changes. | ||
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
Our exploration of the tone of the two editions of BLAST made us realize the strong impact the war had on it. Our text mining on voyant tools indicate a change in 'war' being the least frequent word in the 1914 edition of BLAST to being the most frequent in the 1915 edition out of the words we searched. We sensed that the tone in the earlier version of the magazine was more humanist and individualistic as compared to the second edition which had a slight political and patriotic tone it. | Our exploration of the tone of the two editions of BLAST made us realize the strong impact the war had on it. Our text mining on voyant tools indicate a change in 'war' being the least frequent word in the 1914 edition of BLAST to being the most frequent in the 1915 edition out of the words we searched. We sensed that the tone in the earlier version of the magazine was more humanist and individualistic as compared to the second edition which had a slight political and patriotic tone it. | ||
