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Magazines are printed media or electronic publications (electronic magazine), which appear in the same form in (regular or irregular) intervals. Often also the term "magazine" is used. Contrary to newspapers they are less appropriate for messages, but more on background reporting to current topics. Usually a magazine concentrates on a certain range of topics. Edition-strongest magazine in Germany is the General German Automobile Association engine world, the member magazine General German Automobile Association.
Because of a general definition of the term "magazine" the communication science/medium science failed so far despite various attempts. Contrary to the daily paper, which is characterised by the characteristics periodicity, publicity, topicality and universality, the first three characteristics apply, of both latter however usually only at the most the one to the magazine. Since a precise definition thereby is however not possible, one seizes on it mostly back, the magazine as periodic press, which however no daily paper is, to designate. After Karl all appearing periodic block letters one are considered to salt man (1954) usually technically or in the presentation form limited contents as magazines, which are not determined by messages over the events of the day, but - with all author variety - which shows a working of a task posed.
One of the most important magazine theoreticians was walter Hagemann.
Was already often tried by the science to set up magazine systematics, which were to carry an overview out of the broad spectrum of the magazine kinds, - of the many different beginnings so far none could become generally accepted. Usually those become
Concerning the further organization the opinions differ.
Further kinds often mentioned are those
To the largest kind of the public magazines again e.g. belong.:
One differentiates Periodika in among other things
Just as variation-rich as the today's magazine spectrum were also the beginnings of the magazine. It developed from the most different forerunners: the flight and disputations, relations and measuring relations, advice and chronicles. The first well-known magazines are for the first time in January 1665 the Royal Society "the into of Paris "journal of the "and that appeared the Londoner "Philosophical Transactions OF from the same year. Strange way both were already written in the respective national languages, while up to then latin was scientific standard. Therefore the first German magazine "Miscellanea was shifted curiosa medicophysica" starting from 1670 in Leipzig in latin. 1709 appeared then with the "new library" also for the first time a magazine in German language.
Scientific magazines play a fundamental role for the specialized discourse in the sciences.
2005 approximately 2.7 billion sold copies in D (over 3000 titles, under it 147 new - D is considered as particularly facet-rich). Statistically each German acquired 34 magazines starting from six years. (Basis: 884 IVW measured public magazines, without among other things special editions).
(out: VDZ Presseservice, 30.3.2006)
Enormous investments; according to a Emnid study used of German technical literature in the association of trade of the German book trade also same strongly as the print versions, with however a turnover portion of only 2 per cent. A study of the federation of German magazine publishers calls 4.6 per cent and expects to 2009 more than a duplication.
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