Annotated Bibliography

 This is an annotated bibliography of all the sources I've used. Most of the research was done in or with the class, but I took time to do some on my own as well. Some of the sources are testimonials from other editors or team builders, and some are tips on the publishing and distribution process. My research covers an extensive list of topics, all of which helped me become successful in understanding the creation of Marigold.

Annotated Bibliography 

AICE Media Studies 

Grace Faberlle 

2020-2021 

Becker, Eli. “Team Building and Group Dynamics: Creating and Fostering a Culture of Teamwork Requires Trust, Collaboration, and Accountability.” TD Magazine, Apr. 2015, p. 100. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A409549924/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=e1395593. Accessed 12 Oct. 2020. 

Eli Becker, an American journalist, examines the effect various team building exercises have on the Microsoft Business Solutions group. General Manager Darci Kleindl had six months to work with a team of forty members with many clienteles. She then had many workshops and seminars with her team under an advisor of the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team. While not entirely perfect, this enabled the team to solve healthy conflicts and understand each other better. The article is targeted towards managers and leaders of teams and shows that understanding each other and allowing healthy conflict to occur is key to let a team grow and work together to the best of its abilities. 

Berger, Joe. “The New Newsstand In A Nutshell.” From the Foredeck of the Titanic, 18 Aug. 2016, newsstandpros.wordpress.com/the-new-newsstand-in-a-nutshell/#:~:text=There%20are%20currently%20three%20US,Group%20and%20Time%20Inc%20Retail. 

Joe Berger, a marketing and circulation consultant, describes the distribution process in a blog post. He summarizes how national distributors sell to wholesalers, who then sell to retailers. Berger also writes about how mass bankruptcies and exoduses from the wholesale industry have affected publishers, as well as those who remain. This blog post was written to answer a question from one of Berger’s clients, and to assist any other editors with distribution. It outlines the importance of still putting a magazine on the newsstand, as print publications do, in fact, still make money. This blog post was useful for researching possible distributors of the print issues of my magazine, especially one that would be distributed at smaller retailers. 

Bezuidenhout, Nick. “Magazine Publishing Trends for 2019.” WoodWing Software, Woodwing, 6 Feb. 2019, www.woodwing.com/en/blog/magazine-publishing-trends-for-2019. 

Nick Bezuidenhout, an online publisher, describes the direction of magazine publishing and which type of publishing is favored in 2019. He notes that print publications are continuing to lose popularity,and are becoming more used for special editions or issues, and are meticulously edited and worked on. In contrast, digital publications are more like the typical issue you would see on a normal basis. Bezuidenhout also lists the new ways magazines are generating revenue on the internet, such as through advertisers such as Google or Facebook. He mentions that niche magazines are also on the rise and are doing very well digitally. These “indie magazines” attract a lot of readers from specific groups. This article was written for publishers who are trying to decide how to publish their magazines or where to go from where they are. 

Bradley, John H., and Frederic J. Hebert. “The Effect of Personality Type on Team Performance.” Journal of Management Development, 1997, p. 337. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A19815243/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=18e5e4ed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2020. 

The authors, John H Bradley and Frederic J Herbert, perform a scientific study and survey exploring how differing personality types between team members affects performance. The study consisted of two teams that created information system (IS) software, with factors such as cohesion, intra-team communication, effective leadership, and personality type. In the study, both teams were told to make a specific IS software; however, one team made the software in 2 years and it was only of moderate quality, while the other was done in one year and of high quality. Results showed that the second team had a better balance of personality types, and therefore, they worked better to complement each other’s abilities. This study, while not broad enough to apply generally, does show that personality type can have a significant impact on how people work together. 

Cass, J. (2020, July 07). Successfully built a brand? Now engage. Retrieved March 31, 2021, from https://justcreative.com/audience-engagement-strategies/ 

Jacob Cass, JUST marketing employee, outlines 10 different engagement strategies to gain loyalty from an audience. These strategies include email marketing lists, custom content, social media, feedback surveys, and chat services. The main idea, however, is to make the audience feel special and especially catered to. Thus, things like dynamic emails and clean visuals, which appeal to a wide range of people, can be used as a template to keep customers loyal. This was interesting to read, and provided a lot of insightful, detailed strategies to truly engage with and interact with audiences. It was written for all business owners that want to interact with their audiences, not just specifically magazine publishers. 

Cherry, Wayne R. “Our Place in the Universe: The Importance of Story and Storytelling in the Classroom.” Knowledge Quest, vol. 46, no. 2, 2017, p. 50. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A515795497/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=675799c5. Accessed 1 Oct. 2020. 

American teacher and writer Wayne Cherry elaborates on the purpose and importance of storytelling in schools. Cherry explains how storytelling engages students more deeply than just research and facts and shows how storytelling methods have evolved over time. He provides examples of storytelling projects he assigned to his students in the past, which include short film and audio making. The purpose of the article is to emphasize the effect of storytelling and how it engages our minds, while also touching upon how important it is to tell an in-depth narrative. Cherry writes as if he is advising other teachers on how to engage students by having them tell a narrative rather than repeat facts and dates. 

Dungy, Camille T. “The Abundance, Joy, Beauty, Persistence, Power, and Potential of Independent Publishing: A CONVERSATION WITH SIX BLACK EDITORS.” Poets & Writers Magazine, vol. 48, no. 6, 2020, p. 63. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A638300527/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=da2cf2ae. Accessed 20 Nov. 2020. 

Camille Dungy, a black poet and professor at Colorado State University, interviews six successful black magazine editors and writers on how editors like them are shaping the literary world, especially in the age of Covid-19. She explores how self-editing and publishing can lead to beautiful independent creations that promote a very specific vision the editor might have. Self-publishing allows for greater creative freedoms, and more intimate experiences with an audience. Some editors find they are more able to get things done when they publish themselves, and can send out more specific messages in their magazines used to inspire others. This was helpful in showing the positive effects of working alone and publishing alone. 

Filidis, Sean. (2019, June 06). How to start your own online magazine in 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2021, from https://www.foleon.com/topics/how-to-start-your-own-online-magazine-from-scratch 

This article, written by Sean Fidelis and Foleon, describes the process of creating a digital magazine (sometimes in regards to using the Foleon programs). This includes the different types of web coding to consider using, the different types of digital publications, or structuring of your publications. It provides a glance at each step of creating a magazine online, and goes from creation to revenue. This is written to display the arduous process of making an online magazine, and is written for those considering going online with their magazine or beginning a publication online. I used it when considering how my magazine would be published, and it allowed me to take in a fuller scope of factors. 

Franklin, Joey. “Survival of the Fittest: Four Editors on the Future of Literary Magazines.” Poets & Writers Magazine, vol. 39, no. 6, 2011, p. 73. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A272245771/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=80456594. Accessed 1 Oct. 2020. 

Joey Franklin, a British writing critic, has a conversation with the editors of four running magazines (Sophie Beck from Normal School, Lee Gutkind of Creative Nonfiction, Brenda Miller from Bellingham Review, and Speer Morgan from Missouri Review) about significant decreases in subscriptions and how journals must find ways to be appealing and affordable to readers while also being able to turn a profit. The article is written in an interview style as each editor shares their opinions. It shows the importance of having a magazine that grabs attention upfront, and the different pros and cons of having an online publication vs. A print publication. It also makes a point that magazines, while focused on a specific interest, must appeal to a wide range of topics in order to truly have viewers. The target audience is prospective magazine editors and writers. It overall provides valuable information for those doing the magazine project. 

Joomag. (2020). Create digital publications Using Joomag's unique features. Retrieved April 01, 2021, from https://www.joomag.com/en/features  

Joomag outlines its many features and advantages in order to entice readers into buying a subscription. It is broken down into different segments based on the function of each feature, such as the monetization of magazines or branding of a custom domain. This is likely used to attract magazine editors with descriptions of the wide usefulness of its plans. It was a valuable source of information when weighing publishing options, and showed Joomag’s diverse range of features, and proving its usefulness as an “all-in-one" service. It also lists prices for its services and breakdowns of the costs. Joomag also advertises many brands that use its services, such as Warner Bros and 21st Century Realty, which helped boost my confidence in choosing it as a potential publisher. This specific page of the website provides links to more in-depth information about each of its uses. 

Merril, Miles. "First frames: titles in the digital realm." Metro Magazine, no. 142, 2004, p. 114+. Gale Academic OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A124009424/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=b9ae7081. Accessed 11 Sept. 2020. 

Miles Merril, an Australian journalist, recounts on the opening sequences of earlier movies and the studios that make them. He shows how technology has changed over time and how this has evolved opening sequences. The article highlights the history and importance title sequences, as well as how opening sequences are used today. Merril uses historical examples and quotes from title producers such as Peter Giles to illustrate his points, as well as images of eye-catching title sequences. Merril references various movies to give the audience, which appears to be those interested in film making, a better visual idea. He also makes the points that both hand crafted/drawn title sequences and modern ones created using 2D or 3D animations can be equally eye-catching when used correctly. 

Mixam. (2020). Why use Mixam? Retrieved March 31, 2021, from https://mixam.com/why 

This is a section of Mixam’s website, a digital printing service where you can order copies and customize the printing, binding, number of pages, finish on the pages, and number of copies. It lists the advantages or working with Mixam, such as eco-friendly supplies and efficient services. It is written by Mixam to convince people on its website to buy, or at least test, the service by making copies with them. It goes in depth to make the printing process seem easy, while promising high quality prints of whatever your creation is. 

Reich, J. (2017, July 11). 7. What Is Editing? Retrieved February 15, 2021, from https://milnepublishing.geneseo.edu/exploring-movie-construction-and-production/chapter/7-what-is-editing/ 

John Reich defines editing and goes piece by piece into the editing process. First, he covers what the practice is and what an editor does to the footage. He then goes into the rough cut, logging and assembly, main cut, and fine editing processes of fil. He also lists several editing techniques and tricks that are most commonly used in film. Reich also goes into different transitions created by editing and provides a video example and many sources of the editing mentioned in the article. Overall, it highlights the complexity of editing. Additionally, there is an editing scenario assignment at the end of the article. This seems to be written for students of some kind, implying Reich is a professor or textbook writer.  

Scherer, M. (2002). Chances are you won't bother to read this article. It is just one long block of text, after all, unbroken by alluring pictures, snappy captions, or eye-grabbing infographics. You can't click it. You can't flip it. All you can do is read it. (Does Size Matter?). Columbia Journalism Review, 41(4), 32+. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A94600416/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=a06ec33c 

Michael Scherer, an American author, explores how article length and readership have declined over the past few decades. Scherer uses surveys and data to look factors that affect readership, such as the attention spans of readers, their free time, and their interest in certain subjects. He also points out how magazines have broader audiences and must find creative ways to appeal to them and includes interviews with editors on this topic. The article itself is written with no pictures or special formatting to prove the author’s point and seems to be targeted to those who usually do not spend time thoroughly reading long texts such as itself. Overall, it shows the importance of attention-grabbing tactics to appeal to one’s audience, which is useful for the magazine project. 

Shaughnessy, Michael F. “An Interview with Ron Beghetto: Subtle Nuances of Creativity in Learning and Life.” North American Journal of Psychology, vol. 22, no. 3, Sept. 2020, p. 355. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A637227326/AONE?u=fl_sarhs&sid=AONE&xid=e99fcbd1. Accessed 30 Oct. 2020. 

Michael Shaughnessy, an American psychology journalist, interviews Dr. Ron Beghetto, a widely recognized expert on creativity and how it works in an academic setting. Beghetto explores how different factors, such as confidence and the right opportunities, can nurture creativity in education.  The article describes how, through risks taken at appropriate times, people are forced to tap into their creativity to come up with a solution, and how failure or unexpected setbacks also force them to be innovative. He especially stresses “beautiful risks”, which are risks that could result in creative success or a valuable learning moment, and are done in an appropriate, but still “risky”, setting. Overall, Beghetto tells us to value uncertainty and invite it into curriculums and lessons, which will allow students to develop innovation and come up with their own solutions to various problems. However, he also emphasizes that there should be clear criteria for success, as well as set guidelines, in these creative opportunities. 

“Tips for a Magazine Launch.” Edited by Dazzle Printing, Dazzle Printing, 20 Mar. 2021, www.dazzleprinting.com/blog/tips-for-a-magazine-launch/. 

This blog post by print publishing company Dazzle Printing outlines important components of a magazine launch party. It mentions that a launch party’s main purpose is to generate excitement and attract publishers, distributors, and advertisers. According to the post, launch parties should have some sort of refreshments or free gifts for the attendees. The gifts/giveaways should be related to your magazine in some way, so that publishers and distributors remember it. There should also be print copies of the magazine available for people to take home, and even early subscription registrations if it is a bigger publication. The parties should be promoted through social media if possible, and advertisers should be there so others can get a sense of what your magazine is about. This article is written to help and encourage other independent publishers to prepare for a launch and to print with the company. The advice in the post was useful in creating the launch party invite I created for question 2 of the creative critical reflection. 

Watson, Amy. (2020, October 09). Magazines with largest audience in the u.s. 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2021, from http://www.statista.com/statistics/208807/estimated-print-audience-of-popular-magazines/ 

This report compiled by Amy Watson summarizes which genres and brands of magazines had the largest US audiences in 2019. Generally, general interest magazines have the largest following. The report has a graphs and textual summaries of Watson’s findings. This might be written for audience analyists that wish to see the effects of different advertising strategies of each magazine and how it pertains to readership, or publishers seeing which genres pull in the most interest, especially in the US. This report visualizes the most successful parts of the industry, and helped me see that as well. 

Watson, Amy. (2019). Topic: Magazine industry. Retrieved February 23, 2021, from http://www.statista.com/topics/1265/magazines/ 

Amy Watson explores why the magazine industry, especially print, is facing such decline. Although her findings show that the US still prefers print over digital, digital options are increasing, and so is their presence. She notes that niche print magazines have the best rate of survival in the midst of the digital takeover, and provides links to both new and established successful titles. Additionally, she compares niche magazines to blogs, which are also gaining popularity, as they focus on one specific topic, which interests specific crowds of readers. This summary shows the direction of magazines in 2021, and outlines possible trends that the industry will follow.