Interactive magazines how

they work & their history

• Normal conventional magazines that are on the internet and that are accessible to people all over the internet

• they feature interactivity like videos & podcasts

• Images are of the highest quality

• Articles the same as normal but combined with videos & podcasts

• links on pages of interactive magazines to go to other websites – also known as hyperlinks

• Interactive magazines are also available on mobile phones, I-pads, & playstation consoles ones that allow internet access

Interactive autosport magazine

What interactive magazines are

How interactive magazines work

• By turning pages with the computers mouse instead & also zooming in to a specific image or a piece of text that you are interested in.

• Also interactive magazines can be put together in order and that they stay in order for the reader just like in a conventional printed magazine.

You may also find links on the pages to take you back to a specific page that you may want to read about.

Interactive magazines are more

appealing to consumers

of new media

The press complaints comission will still

regulate interactive magazines although in the future expect it to be more in house in that they regulate

theirselves

How interactive magazines started• This process started in the 1990s

• Height of popularity is now in the 2000s

• Future is bright for this industry of media

• The internet has had a great effect for magazine publishers & producers

• Another term for interactive magazines is interactive journal meaning interactive journalism

• Interactive magazines are now available to print for readers and this was developed in around (2003) and onwards

Why are interactive magazines so popular

Printing toolTo go out of magazine option

Zoom in option

All basic options in interactive magazines

Scroll bar to go to next page of magazine

• Easy to use

• Interactive

• Aesthetically pleasing images

Interactive magazine page from car magazine

As I have said also they are available on

multiple media platforms as

well.

Magazines that use Interactive magazines online

All of these publications use Interactive magazines for their current issues and for independent issues relating to interactive magazines as well.

You still have to pay online to read their digital publications in the same way as buying a magazine or paper from the shops.

So the usual conventions are still there but now a magazine is more interactive & user friendly then previously in a conventional one.

BBC in my view In the future will run all the magazines interactivily rather than printed magazines

Interactive magazines how much money do they bring in for publishers

By (2020) it is predicted that the interactive magazine industry will be worth up to 20 billion dollars meaning that the industry is growing faster & faster.

• Printing out interactive magazines

• Paying for subscriptions

• Selling more advertising

• Selling high quality images for thousands of pounds or dollars

Similar proportion like this expected in europe & asia

Why the concept has spread to hundreds of brands of magazines & worldwide

• The popularity of the internet

• Accessibility of computers for magazine companies & publishers

• Simple & easy to use

• Available on different media platforms & worldwide highly popular

• Interactive magazines can only get better not worse in my point of view

Are interactive magazines going to be around for a long time

Yes cause the future of journalism in general is becoming more & more dependent on the internet for news updates & on what is

happening in the world. And interactive magazines incorporate the internet to the fullest of its abilities.

Yes

Links/sites to do with interactive magazines

http://www.ehow.com/facts_6819261_history-online-magazines.html

http://www.dfnionline.com/DFNI-digital.html

http://www.webpublication.co.uk/emagazine/emagazine?gclid=CNei47imhK0CFWIntAodsFHT0Q