MC 2000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Saturday Evening Post, Muckraker, Studio System
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Magazine: collection of materials (stories, ads, poetry) that its editors believe will be of, some magazines are print, some are online-only, and some come in both interest to readers formats, usually periodical. 1700s-1800s: magazines were, primarily aimed at elites, focused on politics, literature, expensive to produce, costly, done for hobby, not profit. Market for magazines increases large readership, national influence: scientific american (1845, harper"s monthly (1850, women"s magazines. 1850 highest circulation in the us, ~150,000. 1825 59: expansion of magazines, changes in the nature of business, emergence of the freelance magazine writer. 1850s 1900s: fundamental changes, expansion of railroads easier distribution of magazines, postal act of 1879 cut mailing costs, advertisement revenue lower subscription prices. 1850s 1900s: magazines attract national audiences, ladies" home journal first magazine with >1 million circulation (1901) 1900 12: magazines joined the muckracker movement, term coined by theodore roosevelt (1906, journalists crusaded against big business, for social justice, pure food and drugs act, 1906.
