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I found Tony Guidone’s presentation to be very interesting and educational for this class. Text searching definitely makes looking up or researching certain topics much easier. For example, when I go to type in a keyword to find something I could receive thousands of responses to help me narrow down what I am really trying to find. However, as he discussed in his presentation, there are several methodological problems that come with digitization. First of all, it creates unnecessary hierarchies. He asked the question “does Toronto star deserve to be cited 900%?” the answer he was leaning towards was no. Ian Milligan’s article “Illusionary order” also mentioned somethings about keyword searching. He said keyword researching brings something new and transformative. He also brought up the fact that when you keyword search it brings you a plethora of results, sorted by, date, newspaper page number, the section it appears in, and many more. <\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>. Gender was also an issue in digitization. The reason for this is because in the 19th century and early 20th-century newspaper editors were primarily male. Therefore, women did not get their say or free speech in any of the news that was published; because men dominated that industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tony also brought up the fact that not everything is digitized. For example, a newspaper from the 1800s was not digitized. There are certain things you can gain and lose when you digitize a source. You can lose the original meanings conveyed by touch when you digitize something. To some people, it may lose its personal meaning or connection. The surrounding context is also lost. The reader loses the original reading experience which can make the text become less interesting to read. However, there are two things that are gained when you digitize a source. First, access is democratized. When something is democratized it means it is accessible to anyone; so anyone can go online and learn about the source without having to spend money or leave their house. It is a great way to spread information fast and conveniently. The second thing you gain is the spread of research. It enables others to come up with new research questions and lets them further the research. Overall, I learned a lot from Tony Guidone’s presentation and I am looking forward to gaining more knowledge in digitization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Works cited: Milligan, Ian. “Illusionary Order” The Canadian Historical Review. <\/em> https:\/\/muse-jhu-edu.mutex.gmu.edu\/article\/527016. Date Accessed 13th September 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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