Transcript Magazines and Journals

By Julian Tu
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Where did the word Magazine come from?
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Magazine and Journals
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Magazine and the new era (E-Zine)
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Similarities between the new and old
generation magazine.
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1575–85 – Storehouse or storehouse of
information “[French] magasin < [Italian]
magazzino < [Arabic] makhāzin”
(dictionary.com).
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Today, it is a periodically issued collection that
contains essays, stories, poems, photographs
and drawings. (by different people)
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A magazine usually subjects in a theme. (Ex.
sport, health or history)
 First published in 1731-1907 (5 series)
 Found by Edward Cave, London
 Originally Called Gentleman's
Magazine or Monthly
Intelligencer
 Edward Cave edited under the name
“Sylvanus Urban”
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(http://www.alanmann.com/class/files/GENTLMAG.pdf)
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Difference in writing style:
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Scholarly Journals: “Field-specific language/jargon,
requires reader to be in touch with other research in
the field.”
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Popular Magazine Articles: “Written in everyday
language accessible to any generally knowledgeable
reader.”
(www6.wittenberg.edu)
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Online magazine: e-zine, webzine, cyberzine,
hyperzine and so on.
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Still being debated (Wiki)
Cult of the Dead Cow, cDc, claims to have
publish the first e-zine, 1984 (individual
article publication)
1985, Phrack started to produce collections of
articles in a similar manner to a printed
magazine.
cDc communications
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People with interest in focuses in certain
e-zine(s). (Ex. Sports, health, games)
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People who are looking to discuss the interest
in real time (author or other readers)
First site to publish
e-zine in a printed
Magazine format.
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By writers for writers
e-zine: authors write for readers to read.
Community: writers write for other writers to
read. (similar to forums)
Ex. Themestream.com – They are closed down
due to their lack of resources to keep the site
up.
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Their main revenue is sourced in
advertisements.
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Printed magazines receives some income
from sales of products.
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Most e-zine are “free” <read with out
subscription> They highly depend on web Ads
and affiliations.
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Most Journal sites requires a log in.
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http://ejournals.emory.edu/
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http://www.freesticky.com/stickyweb/articles/themestreamcloses.
asp
www.pickeringchatto.com
www.wikipedia.org
www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
Dictionary.com
http://www.digital-archive.org
http://www.cultdeadcow.com/
http://wwww.Phrack.com
http://tools.devshed.com/c/a/WebsiteContent/Themestreamcom-is-closing-its-doors/
http://lib.utsa.edu
http://ejournals.emory.edu/
http://www.alanmann.com