magazine
Let an agent identify magazines and their types, evaluate reliability, support finding and citing articles, and explain magazine publishing.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Identify Which magazine.
What
Title and type.
What
Identity.
- What is this magazine, who publishes it, and what audience does it serve? provenance
- What is its ISSN and circulation? provenance
History
Publication history.
History
History.
- When was it founded, and how has it changed? provenance
- Is it still published? provenance
Evaluate Reliability.
Editorial
Editorial standards.
Editorial
Editorial standards.
- What are the editorial standards and fact-checking practices of this magazine? provenance
- Is advertorial clearly labelled? boundary
Use
Using in research.
Use
Research use.
- Is this magazine article appropriate as a source for this purpose? boundary
- How should it be cited? action
Find Access.
Archives
Finding back issues.
Archives
Archives.
- Where can back issues and articles be found, in libraries or digital archives? provenance
- Is it open or subscription? provenance
Subscribe
Subscriptions.
Subscribe
Subscriptions.
- How can the magazine be subscribed to, and what are the cancellation terms? provenance
- Which consumer rules apply? provenance
Publish Making magazines.
Start
Starting a magazine.
Start
Starting.
- What is needed to start a print or digital magazine? provenance
- Which legal responsibilities apply? provenance
Models
Business models.
Models
Business models.
- How do magazines earn revenue, and how is the sector changing? provenance
- What are the rules on native advertising? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- disk magazine, popular magazine, news magazine, newsletter, glossy, children's magazine, digest size, gay magazine, medical magazine, State Calendar, Svenska serier, progress of the species magazines
What it is Filled
A periodical publication containing articles, stories, images and features on general or specialised topics, published in print or digitally at regular intervals, including news magazines, glossy consumer magazines, children magazines, trade titles and newsletters; magazines are funded by sales, subscriptions and advertising.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent identify magazines and their types, evaluate reliability, support finding and citing articles, and explain magazine publishing.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Periodical
- Feature-based content
- General or specialised
- Advertising-supported
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Reproduce whole articles or images beyond what copyright allows.
- Present advertising or sponsored content as independent journalism.
- Fabricate quotations or attribute articles to the wrong author or magazine.
- Market age-inappropriate content to children through children's magazines.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing or retracting an article.
May
- Summarise and cite magazine articles with the issue, date and author.
- Help a publisher manage subscriptions and archives it is authorized to manage.
Moral aspects Filled
- Magazines shape body image and social norms, especially among young readers.
- Writers and photographers depend on their work being credited and paid for.
Who is affected
- Readers
- Writers and photographers
- People written about
Owners Filled
Steward
The publisher; the editor answers for content.
Master systems
- National library legal deposit catalogues
- ISSN registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1002697 - registry parent class
- Q11033 - registry parent class
- Q119648442 - registry parent class
- Q340169 - registry parent class
- Q47461344 - registry parent class
related
- periodical - category
- mass media - category
- encyclopedia - other publication type
- library - institution
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.magazine
- Wikidata: Q41298 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41298)
- ISSN: International Standard Serial Number identifier
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Regular issues under one title
- Features and images
- Journals publish scholarly research
- Issues with covers, features and advertising, in print or online.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- identify a magazine and its type
- evaluate editorial standards
- find and cite articles
- explain publishing models
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Unreliable content
- Undisclosed advertorial
- Citation errors
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISSN standard
- Press codes and advertising standards
- Copyright law
Context of use required Filled
- Periodical publishing of features and articles.
- news magazines
- consumer and glossy magazines
- children magazines
- trade and professional magazines
- digital magazines and newsletters
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q41298: magazine - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Magazine - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each magazine type be a separate entry?
- How should archives be linked?
- How should press codes be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q41298/spec.json