The influence of the German picture magazines and their editors and photographers on publisher Henry Luce and his staff during the early years of "Life" magazine has been overlooked. However, there is strong evidence in the Time, Incorporated, archive files indicating that the year Kurt Korff spent as a consultant to the company's newly…

This paper presents a preliminary analysis of survey research data concerning the characteristics of magazine editors and magazine operations. The specific areas addressed are: the professional and personal characteristics of magazine editors; the extent to which editors become involved in and control the full scope of magazine editorial…

Reports that, overall, 80 percent of the national and international stories in "Time" and "Newsweek" contain anonymous attribution. (FL)

Reveals that most regional magazines published in the southern United States were begun after 1970. Notes that most publishers do not expect the number of such magazines to increase. (FL)

Examines the number and kind of sources certain magazines included in articles about science. Finds that science magazines did not use expert sources more often or even carry proportionately more breaking science news than did business and news magazines. (SR)

A survey of 80 city and regional magazines was undertaken to examine articles of media criticism. Of those, 78.5% responded. A total of 420 articles were received and were divided according to subject and geographical distribution. A critical analysis of representative articles determined that they represented significant criticism as defined in…

Reports a study considering the degree of liberality in Heywood Broun's writings before and after his involvement in the Sacco-Vanzetti case. (TO)

One issue each of "Time" and "Newsweek" from each month of 1982 was selected at random and content analyzed to determine the use of anonymous attribution. Stories from the "National/Nation" and "International World" sections were analyzed for use of anonymous sources, that is a direct or paraphrased quote…

Analyzes advertisements for characteristics that produce readership across a variety of consumer magazines. (RB)

Examines the 50 year history of "Better Homes and Gardens," emphasizing the reasons for its success while numerous other magazines failed. (RB)

A content analysis was performed on six mass-audience women's magazines to determine frequency of coverage of specific mental disorders and to see how fair and complete mental illness coverage was in the magazines. The six magazines analyzed were "Family Circle,""McCalls,""Good…

Summarizes the results of content analyses of six journalism periodicals appearing during 1955, 1965, and 1975. (KS)

Describes how research published in periodicals can provide journalism instructors with instructional resources. (RB)

National newsmagazines tend to provide social and ethical content on a timely basis in proportion to the amount of hard news coverage a story received. (RB)

One method of identifying important areas and books within a field is through citation counts--noting the number of times a work is referred to in the literature. These counts can be supplemented with citation networks, in which links between articles are formed by such methods as direct citation and cocitation. Citation counts and networks were…