Magazines were supposed to die in the digital age. Why haven't they?
- Written by Julian Novitz, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
ShutterstockIn the classic comedy Ghostbusters (1984), newly hired secretary Janice raises the subject of reading, while idly flipping through the pages of a magazine. The scientist Egon Spengler responds with a brusque dismissal: “print is dead.”
Egon’s words now seem prescient. The prevailing assumption of the past couple of...
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