Magazines, The Power of Words
Magazines have evolved significantly since their origins in the early 1700s. Early magazines like The Review served to disseminate information on public policy, literature and morals. The Saturday Evening Post became a truly national medium in the 1800s, containing essays, poetry and stories. Photographers like Mathew Brady helped establish photojournalism by having his Civil War photos reproduced in publications like Harper's Weekly. Magazines later specialized, with consumer magazines targeting specific interests and trade magazines focusing on particular industries. Muckraking journalists in the late 1800s wrote investigative pieces exposing issues in businesses, politics and society. Current magazine trends include targeting narrow audiences, prioritizing visual presentation, publishing short articles, and integrating magazines with other
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Magazines, The Power of Words
- 1. Magazines: The Power of Words and Images – Referencing Mass Communication: Living in a Media World Chapters 5 and 6 Ralph E. Hanson
Editor's Notes
- 1740: Competition between Ben Franklin and Andrew Bradford to launch first American magazine. Bradford wins by three days.
- By the 1830s it was illustrated as well. It published the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, James Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne among others. By 1848 was the leading weekly in the USA.
- Consumer. Good Housekeeping, Oprah, Cosmo, Playboy. Trade: Women’s Wear Daily, Practical Accountant, Frozen Food Marketing. Have suffered during recession + also online!! Literary: Harpers, The Atlantic. Are literary journals magazines?
- Investigative reporting was made famous by the Watergate political scandal of the early 1970s, but it began in the late 1980s.
- Investigative reporting was made famous by the Watergate political scandal of the early 1970s, but it began in the late 1980s.
- Who’s in Control at the magazine office?