Tim Holmes, Liz Nice

Gebundenes Buch

Magazine Journalism

Beschreibung

A much needed digest of magazine journalism that analyses the origins of this global format with a view to understanding the future directions of the magazine model. It takes an economic and policy focused stance to provide a comprehensive analysis of not just the magazine, but the magazine industry.

Autor

Tim Holmes is Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781847870292
• ISBN-10: 1847870295
• Artikelnr.: 34107080

Rezensionen

For those of us who long ago experienced the magazine love-bite and have been battling the prejudice and scant attention shown this beautiful medium ever since, here at last is the book to set the record straight. Magazine Journalism is a painstakingly researched argument, whistling up the many voices of those who matter in magazines today, drawing on magazines' rich history and their ability to adapt and change to survive, exploring the mixed and vibrant economy that underpins the medium, and demonstrating that the future is as much an opportunity as a threat. Holmes and Nice make a compelling case for magazines being 'the most successful media format ever to have existed
Nicholas Brett
Deputy Managing Director, BBC

Magazines

With a mixture of observations from the past and present, Holmes and Nice offer a skillful analysis of the contemporary magazine field while keeping an eye to the industry's future. Although the book's focus is on magazines in the United Kingdom, its lessons are an enlightening and entertaining resource for American magazine scholars and students as well
David Abrahamson
Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University

At a time when magazines are undergoing active redefinition, Magazine Journalism represents a welcome intervention. It engages with a host of pressing issues in a manner alert to professional priorities while, at the same time, encouraging new ways of thinking about the challenges shaping this fast-moving field. Holmes and Nice are trustworthy guides, taking the reader on what proves to be a fascinating journeyl
Stuart Allan
Professor of Journalism, Bournemouth University