One of the questions my group came up with was, how is space used on The Voice? For example perhaps the football game last Sunday is given a page and half worth of pages while a student protest is given just 2 columns. Another question was what type of content was included? We also asked who is the target audience? Did the target audience ever change as time went on? These questions are all interesting because a few show the priorities the editors for the voice had when it came to what information was shared. It also gives insight to just how many resources the editors and writers had just to be able to write about and share the information they gathered. (wasn’t able to upload image……kept talking about sever issues so enjoy the pretty colors) Photo site: Editors, Wooster Voice, “The Wooster Voice (Wooster, OH), 1969-02-28” (1969). The Voice: 1961-1970. 191.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/voice1961-1970/191
In terms of organizing a spreadsheet for the first question the goal would be to compare how much physical space(pages, columns, etc.) different topics receive. The rows would then be each article/item published in The Voice and columns would include; the title, date, category ( sports, campus events, politics), and an approximation of the exact amount of space used. For the question of type of content it would be more of less the same perhaps adding sub-categories or tone to help find keywords. For target audience rows would be, again, articles and columns would be things like; department, subject, tone
In terms of data privacy including student names would of course make if personally identifiable information. Articles about protest and personal stories and those involved most likely didn’t consent to being part of reaserch dataset. A way this could be handled carefully would be to anonymize authors, avoid storing personal details, and focus on content categories.