Student Magazines

A question from Donna Harrington-Lueker about student magazines prompted a number of responses on the Magazine Division listserv. A list of student magazines has been added to this site. If you would like to add a student magazine, please send the link and a brief description to Carol Schwalbe.

Latest issue of the Magazine Division’s journal

Read these featured research articles in our Journal of Magazine & New Media Research:

Visual Framing of Patriotism and National Identity on the Covers of Der Spiegel
Andrea Pyka, Speck Design
Scott Fosdick and William Tillinghast, San José State University

Framing the Ideal Woman in Esquire's "Women We Love," 1987-2006
Michael Sheehy, University of Cincinnati
Hong Ji, The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism

Happily Ever After: Myth, Rape, and Romance in Magazine Coverage
of the Mary Kay Letourneau Case
Josh Grimm, Texas Tech University
Dustin Harp, University of Texas at Arlington

Rejecting the Eloquence of Hate: 1972 Magazine Letters to the Editor
Brian Thornton, University of North Florida

And these articles and book review:

Going Mobile With Student Magazines
Carol Fletcher, Hofstra University

Comments From the Book Review Editor
David Sumner, Ball State University

Book Review: The Working Girl's Champion Plays Pioneering Role in Feminist Revolution
Ellen Gerl, Ohio University

Book Review: Cosmopolitan's Improbable History
Miglena Sternadori, University of South Dakota

Book Review: The Early Days of Celebrity Ink
Scott Fosdick, San José State University

Book Review: The Structure and Style of Narrative Journalism
Kevin Lerner, Marist College

Latest issue of Magazine Matter

Enjoy the latest issue of our newsletter, Magazine Matter. Many thanks to newsletter editor Sheila Webb for editing and producing this colorful issue. Please send her articles for the next issue.

Results of the Student Magazine Contest

Winning entries [PDF]

Judge’s comments on winning entries [PDF]

Please submit articles to the Journal of Magazine & New Media Research

The Magazine Division’s scholarly, refereed journal is now entering its 12th year. Its focus is the promotion and publication of research dealing with magazines and new media and the pedagogy related to those two areas. The journal publishes research reports, interpretive articles, opinion pieces, and critical reviews of books and teaching materials that deal with the field of magazines and new media.

If you’re interested in submitting an article, opinion piece, or review, check out the journal guidelines.

Please contribute to the Course Syllabi Sharing Service

Begun in 2002, the Course Syllabi Sharing Service includes copies of syllabi from magazine courses taught around the country, including feature writing and introductory magazine writing, advanced magazine writing and literary journalism, magazine design, magazine editing, magazine management, and online media.

If you’d like to participate in this service, please e-mail Carol Schwalbe a Word document or PDF file of your syllabi along with the name of the course. If your syllabi are already online, you can send me the URL.