Generally speaking, to illuminate what data can do and how we can effectively employ big data in our research, we need to address its limits.
The Arclight Guide: Getting Started
Welcome to the Arclight Guide! This guide will help you get started by introducing you to the basic functions and options Arclight offers. Performing a Search Performing a search in Arclight is easy and fast. In the query box in the
Teaching with Arclight and POE
Project Arclight began two years ago with an idea. If researchers can use Twitter analytics to study trends in discussions of contemporary media, then what if we treated historic trade papers and fan magazines like a giant Twitter stream and
Publications from the Arclight Team
Since the launch of the app, we have been busy producing work that examines Arclight search results and exploring the exciting questions and answers it provides for media historians. Hopefully the works below provide useful case studies on ways you
Johanna Drucker on the Past and Future of Digital Humanities Research
As part of the launch of the Project Arclight app, and the 50th anniversary of the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University, on October 9, 2015 the Media History Research Centre hosted a talk by Johanna Drucker. Drucker is