Diversified Research about Magazines: a Map by Databases of Magazine Research

Abstract

Magazine research is done in a variety of scientific fields, which hampers a general understanding of this body of knowledge. This study outlines a map to the specific scientific field of magazine research by categorizing abstracts. Our findings suggest that most magazine research is conducted in fields other than media science, and the focus is primarily not on the magazines per se: magazines are primarily used as a source of knowledge for other research subjects. This implies that content is well researched while other aspects, such as organization, economy, technology, audience and so on are not.

Key Words:

• magazine research
• international journals
• content analysis
• abstracts