I don’t yet believe it: that there are truckloads of readers out there who want quality, long-form writing and that magazines are dying because they refuse to offer the kind of produce these readers demand. This is what good writers and those of us who love culture WANT to believe, but where is the evidence? You demonstrate the fact of m…
I don’t yet believe it: that there are truckloads of readers out there who want quality, long-form writing and that magazines are dying because they refuse to offer the kind of produce these readers demand. This is what good writers and those of us who love culture WANT to believe, but where is the evidence? You demonstrate the fact of magazine decline but not the cause for the decline.
The multiplication of convenient and inexpensive entertainment choices attendant on the rise of the home computer, internet, and smart phone—including video gaming, tv and movie streaming, and social media socializing; the consequent shift of ad dollars from print to electronic media; the expansion of work hours and the diminishment of leisure time; the slow but general decline in educational standards—all these seem more likely as causes for the decline of magazines.
I don’t yet believe it: that there are truckloads of readers out there who want quality, long-form writing and that magazines are dying because they refuse to offer the kind of produce these readers demand. This is what good writers and those of us who love culture WANT to believe, but where is the evidence? You demonstrate the fact of magazine decline but not the cause for the decline.
The multiplication of convenient and inexpensive entertainment choices attendant on the rise of the home computer, internet, and smart phone—including video gaming, tv and movie streaming, and social media socializing; the consequent shift of ad dollars from print to electronic media; the expansion of work hours and the diminishment of leisure time; the slow but general decline in educational standards—all these seem more likely as causes for the decline of magazines.