BLAST, World War I, and Tonal Shifts

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	==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 the magazine. Our text mining on voyant tools indicate a change in 'war' being very infrequent in the 1914 edition of ''BLAST'' to being the most frequent in the 1915 edition. 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 more of a political and patriotic tone.

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