The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research: The Future of the Magazine Form (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Handbooks)

Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has, in the last two decades, produced a substantial amount of valuable research. Authored by leading academic authorities in the study of magazines, the chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research not only create an architecture to organize and archive the developing field of magazine research, but also suggest new avenues of future investigation. Each of 33 chapters surveys the last 20 years of scholarship in its subject area, identifying the major research themes, theoretical developments and interpretive breakthroughs. Exploration of the digital challenges and opportunities which currently face the magazine world are woven throughout, offering readers a deeper understanding of the magazine form, as well as of the sociocultural realities it both mirrors and influences.The book includes six sections:-Methodologies and structures presents theories and models for magazine research in an evolving, global context.-Magazine publishing: the people and the work introduces the roles and practices of those involved in the editorial and business sides of magazine publishing.-Magazines as textual communication surveys the field of contemporary magazines across a range of theoretical perspectives, subjects, genre and format questions. -Magazines as visual communication explores cover design, photography, illustrations and interactivity.-Pedagogical and curricular perspectives offers insights on undergraduate and graduate teaching topics in magazine research.-The future of the magazine form speculates on the changing nature of magazine research via its environmental effects, audience, and transforming platforms. Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Dedication 8 Contents 10 List of Figures and Tables 14 Foreword 16 Preface to the Paperback Editio 18 Preface 20 Introduction 22 Part I Magazine Research: Methodologies and Structures 28 1 Theory and Methods of Analysis: Models for Understanding Magazines 30 2 Magazine Typology: Using Operational Classification Theory 43 3 Methodological Studies: Interdisciplinarity Is the Key 72 4 Magazines as Historical Study Subjects: Reflecting the Sociocultural Reality 86 5 Source and Citation Analysis: An Epistemology of Magazine Research 107 6 Business-to-Business Media: The Informational Needs of Professional Life 119 7 Organizational Magazines: Addressing Captive or Cautious Audiences 140 8 International Magazine Publishing: The Transformative Power of Globalization 156 Part II Magazine Publishing: The People and the Work 174 9 Autobiography and Biography: Lives Well Lived in the Magazine World 176 10 Editorial Roles and Practices: Exploring the Creative Enterprise 189 11 The Business of Magazines: Advertising, Circulation and Content Issues 200 12 Magazine Management: Publishing as a Business 218 Part III Studies in Content: Magazines as Textual Communication 230 13 Gender, Race and Ethnicity: Magazines and the Question of Self-Identity 232 14 Covering Public Affairs: The Arena of the Newsmagazines 245 15 Business Journalism in Magazines: Wrestling with Economic Issues 265 16 Societal Considerations: Uses and Gratifications of Magazines 280 17 Creating Consumer Lifestyles: Esteem and Enjoyment, Influence and Appetite 292 18 Magazines and Popular Culture: Exceptional People, an Exceptional Medium 306 19 Religious Magazines: Keeping the Faith 329 20 Covering Science and Technology: Opportunities for Greater Scope and New Methods 344 21 Magazines and the Visual Arts: The Ideal Showcase 366 22 Literary Journalism: Journalism Aspiring to Be Literature 383 Part IV Studies in Presentation: Magazines as Visual Communication 396 23 The Magazine Cover: The Craft of Identity and Impact 398 24 Magazine Design: Defining the Visual Architecture 413 25 Photography and Illustration: The Power and Promise of the Image 431 26 Infographics and Interactivity: A Nexus of Magazine Art and Science 452 Part V Pedagogical and Curricular Perspectives 466 27 Magazine Journalism Education: The Challenge of Assessing Outcomes 468 28 Teaching Magazine Writing: The Long- and Short-Form of It 484 29 Teaching Magazine Editing: Part Art, Part Science, All Craft 501 30 Teaching Magazine Research: Explicating Theory and Methods 513 Part VI The Future of the Magazine Form 528 31 Magazines and Sustainability: Environmental and Sociocultural Impacts 530 32 The Changing Magazine Audience: Enriching the Reader Relationship 540 33 Digital Transformation, Print Continuity: Magazine as Art Form Rather Than Platform 555 Bibliography 568 List of Contributors 646 Index 654 Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has, in the last two decades, produced a substantial amount of valuable research. Authored by leading academic authorities in the study of magazines, the chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research not only create an architecture to organize and archive the developing field of magazine research, but also suggest new avenues of future investigation. Each of 33 chapters surveys the last 20 years of scholarship in its subject area, identifying the major research themes, theoretical developments and interpretive breakthroughs. Exploration of the digital challenges and opportunities which currently face the magazine world are woven throughout, offering readers a deeper understanding of the magazine form, as well as of the sociocultural realities it both mirrors and influences. The book includes six - Methodologies and structures presents theories and models for magazine research in an evolving, global context. - Magazine the people and the work introduces the roles and practices of those involved in the editorial and business sides of magazine publishing. - Magazines as textual communication surveys the field of contemporary magazines across a range of theoretical perspectives, subjects, genre and format questions. - Magazines as visual communication explores cover design, photography, illustrations and interactivity. - Pedagogical and curricular perspectives offers insights on undergraduate and graduate teaching topics in magazine research. - The future of the magazine form speculates on the changing nature of magazine research via its environmental effects, audience, and transforming platforms. "Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has, in the last two decades, produced a substantial amount of valuable research. Authored by the leading academic authorities in the study of magazine journalism, the chapters in this new handbook not only create an architecture to organize and archive the developing field of magazine research, but also explicitly suggest possible new avenues of future investigation. Each chapter surveys the last 20 years of scholarship in its subject area, identifying the major research themes, theoretical developments and interpretive breakthroughs. Exploration of the digital challenges and opportunities which currently face the magazine world are woven throughout, offering readers both a deeper understanding of the magazine form, as well as the sociocultural realities it both mirrors and influences"-- Provided by publisher « Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has, in the last two decades, produced a substantial amount of valuable research. Authored by leading academic authorities in the study of magazines, the chapters in The Routledge Handbook of Magazine Research not only create an architecture to organize and archive the developing field of magazine research, but also suggest new avenues of future investigation. Each of 33 chapters surveys the last 20 years of scholarship in its subject area, identifying the major research themes, theoretical developments and interpretive breakthroughs. Exploration of the digital challenges and opportunities which currently face the magazine world are woven throughout, offering readers a deeper understanding of the magazine form, as well as of the sociocultural realities it both mirrors and influences. »-- Résumé de l'éditeur