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Vienna's Financial News History: Digital Visualization Strategies (1771–1914)

Explore how financial journalism evolved in Vienna from 1771 to 1914 through top newspapers' stock market reports. Learn about the impact on different target groups and access data via Plotly for in-depth analysis.

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Vienna's Financial News History: Digital Visualization Strategies (1771–1914)

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  1. Cultural History of Financial News in Vienna 1771 – 1914 Digital VisualizationStrategies Monika Kovarova-Simecek(FHSTP/Uni Wien) Sophie-Carolin Wagner (ONB Labs) Stephan Karner (ONB Labs)

  2. CONTEXT „Financial journalistscontributetothefinancialcrisisby (…)“ Source: The Economist, May 26, 2015 The Economist: China's stock markets - A crazy casino (May 26, 2015) The Guardian: Confession of an reporter (August 31, 2015)

  3. Research questions RQ 1 | How did financial journalism change with respect to relevant newspapers, formats, and functions over time? WHERE CAN VISUALIZATIONS SUPPORT? RQ 2 | Which public should be addressed with financial news in what form?

  4. Methodicalprocedure Keyword-basedsearch ANNO [Wien, 1771-1914] 1 Börse* | 1 685 441 „Wiener Börse“ | 235 597 Web Scraping > webscraper.io [CSV: Title, Year, Hits] 2 4 028 974 Aktie* | 1 158 329 Obligation* | 594 106 Data enrichment [+Contexts, +Target Groups] 3 Pfandbrief* | 355 501 4 Visualization [ONB Labs | Plot.ly]

  5. Top 10 newspaperspublishing stock marketreports in Vienna 1771-1914 80% of all hits on Börse* | increasesince 1860 | peakduringthe crash 1873

  6. Intensityof stock marketreporting in the top 10 newspapers 1771-1914 highestintensityduringthe crash 1873

  7. Target groupsaddressedbyfinancialnews in Vienna 1771-1914 generalpublic in focus | traders, soldiers and lawyershighly relevant

  8. Access tothecollection (titles and issues) via plot.ly

  9. Research value Newspapers ashistorical source + quantitative approach [cultural turn + digital turn] Nicholson, 2013 Automateddatacollection & analysis > profoundempiricalbasis in historicalcommunications possible [culturomics] Michel et al., 2011 Identificationofbroadpatterns in thedatabase > guideforfurther and deeperresearch [distantreading] Moretti, 2016

  10. Research outlook Access tothehitswithinthecollection (Free) annotationofthehitsfound Text Mining (Word Clouds)

  11. Thankyou Website: https://labs.onb.ac.at/en/topic/financial-news/ Email: monika.kovarova-simecek@fhstp.ac.at Twitter @monika_kovarova

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