Week 6: Finding the Magazines
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We’ve made it to Week 6!
I spent the past week looking for the magazines from 2014 in my local libraries – I went to Agave, Cholla, and Sunrise Mountain, all to no avail. It turns out that 2014 is just a bit too old for these libraries; the best I could find was one Women’s Health magazine issue from March of 2015. As such, I’m simply buying all the 2014 issues I need from the internet. So far, I’ve finished all of 2014 Men’s Health, and will finish 2014 Women’s Health as soon as possible.
I decided a couple of weeks ago that I want to have data analysis (analysis, not collection) done within the next two weeks – that’s coming up surprisingly fast. Unfortunately, the organizing process takes much more time than I could have anticipated, but I hope that I can quickly get it all done, and finish my analysis.
I also finished writing out my adjusted methodology, which includes more details about how I code and why I organize the way I do.
Beginning to start with the 2014 magazines, I noticed that there was a very obvious tonal shift in the magazines’ articles. I’m not sure if it’ll show up in my data, but I can’t help but notice the 2014 magazines cover mainly fitness and exercise. Meanwhile, the more modern magazines covered concepts such as mental health, aging, self-confidence, doctor’s appointments, and other concepts related to general well-being. I did have to skip these articles, and didn’t make any notes of them in my data, simply because my project is focused on how fitness is portrayed. However, it’s interesting to see how the magazine has changed over time.
I’ll see you all next week!