ISSN 2576-7887
eISSN 2576-7895
Now published by the University of Nebraska Press.
The Journal of Magazine Media is devoted to advancing research, knowledge, and understanding of magazines and new media and the pedagogy related to those areas. The journal publishes research reports and interpretive articles refereed by members of the editorial board as well as other experts. The journal also prints opinion pieces, essays, and critical reviews of books and teaching materials that deal with magazines and new media.
Founded in 1999, the journal is international and peer-reviewed. It is the official journal of the Magazine Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and division members receive subscriptions as a benefit of membership.Volume 20, Numbers 1–2 (Fall–Spring 2019–2020)
Letter from the Editor
Kevin M. Lerner
Essays
Change of Diet: Recipes Seasoned with Social History
Lyn Barnes
Lessons from the Past: What Four Iconic British Titles Can Teach the Magazine Industry
Mary Hogarth
Featured Research
One of Us: Margaret Thatcher, Women’s Magazines, and the Art of Wooing Women Voters
Sharon Maxwell Magnus
The Transition Translations: How Marginality, Vagueness, and Egalitarianism Allowed an Australian Architectural Periodical to Become a Shared Object and Cross Disciplinary Boundaries
Mark Sawyer
Photographic Magazines and Photo Magazines: Art Photography in British Magazines of the 1960s, ’70s, and ’80s
David W. Brittain
The Daily “Periodical”: How Traditional and Emerging Magazine Media Appeal to Snapchat Users
Stephanie Williams-Turkowski and Miglena Sternadori
Slam Dunk: How a Sports Magazine Used Its Cover to Reach a Target Audience and Create Loyal Readers
Kevin Hull, Joon K. Kim, Dan Haun, and Matt Stilwell
Reviews
Magazines as Varied Texts
Miglena Sternadori
Great Book, but to What Purpose?
Scott Fosdick
Measuring Up American Journalism
Miglena Sternadori
Successful Feature Writing and the Diligence It Takes to Get There
Kathleen Norton McNulty
The Echoes of 1950s Celebrity Melodrama Carry On Today
Stephanie Williams-Turkowski
Editor
Kevin M. Lerner, Marist College
Associate Editors
Leander Reeves, Oxford Brookes University
Alexandra Shakespeare, Oxford Brookes University
Book Review Editor
Miglena Sternadori, Texas Tech University
Editorial Assistant
Kristen Conti, Marist College
Editorial Board
David Abrahamson, Northwestern University
Dunja Antonovic, Bradley University
Joe Bernt, Ohio University, Emeritus
Bob Britten, West Virginia University
Carrie Brown, City University of New York
Naeemah Clark, Elon University
Petya Eckler, University of Strathclyde
Betsy Edgerton, Columbia College
Carol Fletcher, Hofstra University
Scott Fosdick, San Jose State University
Ellen Gerl, Ohio University
Vanessa Gregory, University of Mississippi
Donna Harrington-Lueker, Salve Regina University
Elizabeth Hendrickson, Ohio University
Berkley Hudson, University of Missouri
Parul Jain, Ohio University
Cathy Johnson, Angelo State University
Jessie M. Quintero Johnson, University of Massachusetts–Boston
Sammye Johnson, Trinity University, Emeritus
Carolyn Kitch, Temple University
Yanick Lamb, Howard University
Carolyn Lepre, Radford University
Glenn Leshner, University of Oklahoma
Jacqueline Marino, Kent State University
Teresa Mastin, Northwestern University
Rachel Davis Mersey, Northwestern University
Peter Pugsley, University of Adelaide
Quint Randle, Brigham Young University
Sue Robinson, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Amber Roessner, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
Cindy Royal, Texas State University–San Marcos
Carol Schwalbe, University of Arizona
Ted Spiker, University of Florida
Robert Stepno, Radford University, Retired
Miglena Sternadori, University of South Dakota
David Sumner, Ball State University, Emeritus
Sheila Webb, Western Washington University
Charles Whitaker, Northwestern University
Erin Whiteside, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
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