COM 107 CH 8 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Muckrackers
Willing to crawl through society’s muck to uncover a story (negative reporting)
Magazine
Collections or articles, stories and advertisements appearing in nondaily periodicals that are published in the smalled tabloid style rather than the larger broadsheet newspaper style
General Interest Magazines
Most prominent, offering occasional investigative articles but also covering a wide variety of topics aimed at a broad national audience
Photojournalism
The use of photos to document the rhythms of daily life
Pass-Along Readership
The total number of people who come into contact with a single copy of a magazine
Webzines
Magazines that appear exclusively online
Supermarket Tabloids
Crazy headlines; pushing the limits of both decency and credibility
Desktop Publishing
Enables an aspiring publishers editor to write, design, lay out, and print online a modest publication
Regional Editions
National magazines who content is tailored to the interests of different geographic areas
Split-run Editions
The editorial content remains the same, but the magazine includes a few pages of ads purchased by local or regional companies
Demographic Editions
Editions of magazines targeted at particular groups of consumers
Evergreen Subscriptions
Automatically renew on a credit card account unless the consumer requests it to stop
Magalogs
Combines glossy magazine style with the sales pitch of retail catalogues
Zines
Self-published magazines