2008/06/05 by Andrew King · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Digital Games and Media #Cinema and Media Studies #Media, Gender, and Advertising
paper · doi:10.1002/9781405186407.wbiecm002
openalex publication_date 2008/06/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
A “magazine” is a type of periodical characterized by entertaining and miscellaneous matter written by more than one author, often with illustrations. It is usually distinguished from a newspaper by containing less news coverage and by a lower frequency (weekly, monthly, or less). In the nineteenth century magazines were distinguished from reviews or quarterlies by an emphasis on light entertainment, and by the inclusion of → fiction. From around 1910 the term “little magazines” came to denote low‐circulation periodicals produced by and for the avant‐garde. Since the twentieth century, “magazine” has been used above all to denote entertainment periodicals with a high visual content.