I'm having a difficult time finding information about the transformation of magazines from paper to online. The only information I can find is the actual magazine sites itself. Not sure where else I should look for articles?

My topic is kind of the concept of "the video killed the radio star," except mine is the internet killed the magazine shelf!

I work at sheetz, and I have been wanting to interview all of the people that buy magazines and ask them why they are buying them, but my manager told me that I'm not allowed too. Surprisingly, we sell a lot of magazines, so it is kind of going against my hypothesis that the paper magazine is dying.

.. time will tell ..

:)

For my research, I am going to be exploring online magazines, if and how they have caused magazine sales to decline, and why getting the information online is a better choice. My topic is important to me because if I ever wanted to create my own magazine I would have to decide what is the better way to go about doing this. I think that surprisingly magazines are still very popular, however, the trend of online magazines is growing and will continue to grow.

MAGAZINES: In or Out?

♥Annotated Bibliography Sources♥

♥www.openzine.com
This website is a free source to create an online magazine. It is really easy and simple, and you can also get print copies of the zine. This is an example of how easy it is to create your own magazine that may even become popular.

♥ Fuch's, Douglas. "Two Source Effects in Magazine Advertising."Journal of marketing research. 1964. American Marketing Association. 11 Feb 10.

This is an article about the effects that magazine articles effect society. It is a really old article (1964) so it is neat to point out the differences today and how the advertising business has dramatically changed. Now advertising on the internet is a great resource and it's usually either free or cheaper than a regular magazine.

♥http://heartifb.com/2009/11/13/fashion-blogging-futur/

This website is a Fashion Magazine website that has everything anyone needs to know about fashion and has all of the same content that a regular magazine would have.

What is a multimedia author? What are your thoughts at this point?

After reading Lessig, "Remix," I felt like it was a very put together piece of what we have been talking about in class. I was really excited to read about GirlTalk because my friends and I have been GirlTalk fans for a long time, as a matter of fact they played at the University for Fall Fest in 2009. I feel that people using artists work shouldn't be considered copyright infringement because they aren't trying to steal their music or their lyrics. The Buffy vs. Edward clip was quite enjoyable for me because I am a very big fan of both Edward and Buffy. It was really awesome to see these two infused together. It wasn't that the artist was trying to steal the work of the owners of Buffy or Edward, but just doing something fun and interesting. It's really confusing to think about, but our culture is so based around media, yet our laws aren't up to date with what the media can do. What should we do?

Well, here it is! My first video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnMBX1a1Smc