CONTENT AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS

• Content analysis

  • is a research tool used to determine the presence of certain words, themes, or concepts within the text.
  • Using this, researchers can quantify and analyze the presence, meanings, and relationships of certain words, themes, or concepts in such texts.
• Contextual Analysis

  • is an analysis that helps us to assess that text within the context of its historical and cultural setting, but also in terms of its textuality – or the qualities that characterize the text as a text.
  • In other words, it is: “situating” the text within the milieu of its times and assessing the roles of the author, readers (intended and actual), and critics.
• Background of the Author

  • First, the researcher must provide a brief biographical sketch of the author or creator of the primary source.
  • Family background, educational attainment, religion, and many others shall be given priority in presenting the biography of the author.
  • Special attention must also be given to the first four steps of the test of credibility.
• Background of the Source

  • Basic background of the source shall be given attention (type of primary source, how many parts or chapters, and how long is the document)
  • Locate where the primary source/provenance. The repository may be found in the library, archive, museum, or historical society.
  • Find the time of the creation of the source.
  • Determine the intended audience the author wants to convey their ideas with.
  • Look for the purpose or motive of the source. First understand the historical context.
  • do a background research and look at important historical event at the time the source was made
• CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL INFORMATION FOUND IN THE DOCUMENT

  1. Look for corroboration
  2. Look if your source agrees with information from another source
  3. Look for bias
  4. Analyze the historical perspective or a pov of the author to describe such an event. (background check)
  5. Analyze the historical context of the document. (when and where the source was made and what even occurred at the time)
• CONTRIBUTION AND RELEVANCE OF THE DOCUMENT IN UNDERSTANDING THE GRAND NARRATIVE OF HISTORY

  1. Look for the cause and consequences of the primary sources
  2. Look for the turning point or dramatic moment that was caused by the event or primary source
• RELEVANCE OF THE DOCUMENTS TO THE PRESENT TIME

  • Look for the historical significance or what modern people consider to be important from the past
  • Novelty - when something is new and never seen before
  • Applicability - when it is similar to the present
  • Memory - how it has been remembered overtime
  • Effect - how people have been affected