Where Do Facts Matter?

Print magazines are unique among nonfiction media in their dedication of staff and resources to in-depth, word-by-word verification of stories. Over time, this practice has established magazines’ reputation for reliability, helped them retain loyal readers amid a glut of information sources, and protected them from litigation. But during the past decade, websites, mobile platforms, and social media have expanded the types of stories and other content that magazines provide for readers. Doing so has shortened the time between the creation and dissemination of content, challenging and in some cases squeezing out fact-checkers’ participation. This study examines the procedures applied to stories in magazines and their non-print platforms, seeking to discern what decisions were made in response to the speed of digital publication, what effects these decisions have had, what lessons have been learned and what changes have been made over time. The results suggest that fact-checking practices for print content remain solidly in place at most magazines, if executed with diminished resources; however, magazine media are also exploring new processes to ensure accuracy and protect their reputations in an accelerated media environment.     

我国时尚杂志研究现状与不足

20世纪90年代以来国内对时尚杂志的研究可分为两个阶段。学术界在研究时尚杂志的过程中,一个突出的研究取向是将时尚杂志研究与白领阶层研究联系起来。对时尚杂志的研究在深度、范式等方面仍存在不足。     

Preteen girls,magazines, and the negotiation of young sexual femininity

The focus on, and concern about, young girls and preteens or ‘tweens’ relates to the ‘sexualisation’ of girlhood and the notion that girls are ‘growing up too fast’ and becoming ‘too sexy too soon’. In both popular and academic accounts, ‘tween’ magazines and the increasingly ‘sexualised’ images in teen magazines have been framed as significant contributors to this process. Yet, research on the ways in which preteen girls read these magazines has been notably absent. In this paper, we examine the magazine consumption and reading practices of 71 preteen girls in a New Zealand study. We employ a feminist poststructuralist approach to explore the ways in which participants employ the interpretative repertoires of ‘too young’, ‘too old', and ‘just right’ to categorise ‘tween’ and ‘teen’ magazines based on their sexual content and mark belonging to and/or distance from the categories of child, ‘tween', and teenager.     

The Components of Great Sex: Sexuality Education for People Who Desire to Scale the Heights of Optimal Sexuality

Ubiquitous “sex tips” in popular media evidence an unquenchable public interest in learning how to experience “great sex,” and studies confirm that a great sexual relationship correlates to general relationship satisfaction, which in turn correlates to overall happiness. However, sexologists have paid scant attention to “optimal sexuality” and have focused instead on sexual dysfunction. While studies of optimal sexuality are few, we know enough to conclude that the paths to great sex depicted in popular media are largely dead ends. This article provides a framework for giving professional guidance to seekers of optimal sexuality.     

美丽背后的阴谋--女性时尚杂志批判

在当今的大众文化市场中,女性时尚杂志的畅销是值得回味的文化现象。本文通过对女性时尚杂志的文本解读,剖析了其作为大众传媒与商业合谋、以美丽为幌子实现商品推介的消费主义策略;并揭示了女性时尚杂志站在男权文化的立场,固定男女两性的传统性别形象,阻挠女性冲击社会等级巅峰的阴谋。     

现代报刊用语问题缕析——兼及其他媒体的用语问题

由于社会的发展和变迁，不同的历史阶段都存在反映这一时代的语境特点，并在大众传媒中广泛体现，既影响社会大众的口语变化，也影响文字书面语的使用。其中部分用语既能体现时代特色，又合乎我们本民族语言的使用规范，会逐渐沉淀为汉语基本词汇中的一员；但也有一些用语表面上看虽然具有鲜明的时代特点甚至简约性，但却背离了汉语的使用习惯和语言规范，其结果必定要影响汉语言的良性发展。