Schoolaz Coding Manual

Name of Article:

Newspaper:

Date of publication:

Page number:

Location on page :

Font of Article:

Section of Newspaper:

Size space taken by article:

Article included an image or not:

Name of School(s) Included:

Table 1
This table was drafted to describe the themes and keywords that are to be used while decoding

the articles found, as well as the meanings associated to these themes.

Theme Meaning Key Word

Bacchanal/ Drama/ Scandal A negative event which has Sexual act, Inappropriate
a long standing effect on the relationship, Violence.
school population and
respective image.

Success/ Achievement Significant attaining of Academic, Volunteering,

rewards of acclamation as a Scholarships, Award
result of the completion of a Ceremony.
specific action by students.

Special Events An occurrence or Anniversary, Award

celebration in which the Ceremony, Fetes.
school is part of or facilities
are used to host event and
the revenue aids school.

Sports Any physical activity Sporting Events, Individual

engaged in by the school Achievement.
that brings acclamation.
Infrastructure The structural needs of the School Funding, Strikes,
school environment in Inappropriate facilities,
which funding is required to Faulty.
resolve them.

Table 2

This table is a draft of the proposed method by which the group will decipher the prevalent

themes in each article. The articles will be numbered in order to be accurately identified.

Key:

Yes – 1

No - 0

Theme

Article Bacchanal/ Success/ Special Sports Infrastructure

Drama/ Achievement Events
Scandal

No. 1 1 0 0 0 1
Table 3

This table was drafted to indicate the frequency of the group’s main themes in the total amount

of articles sourced.

Total Occurrences Themes

Bacchanal/Drama/Scandal

Success/ Achievement

Special Events

Sports

Infrastructure