by Jeppe Kabell, Dec 12, 2007
JPG Magazine is a mix between a photo sharing site and a rating service that in effect is a user edited photo magazine. Bi-monthly the editors sets up different themes after which users contribute and rate each other’s photos.
In the end, the highest rated photos are selected for the print magazine, which is then available at newsstands and by subscription.
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JPG Magazine
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Organization
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For-profit
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Object
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Original content
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Presentation
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Prioritized
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Conversation
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No conversation
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Editing
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Users (Decentralized)
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Editor type
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Human
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Frequency
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Regularly
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Object provider
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Users
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Voting isn’t completely the final basis of the print magazine as editors still have the last word, but in general they seem to follow the voting pretty closely (yes, I subscribe). JPG Magazine is therefore an interesting blend between online and print.
by Jeppe Kabell, Dec 12, 2007
The analysis of the print magazine Monocle looks like this:
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Monocle Magazine
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Organization
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For-profit
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Object
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Original content
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Presentation
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Prioritized
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Conversation
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No conversation
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Editing
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Editors (Centralized)
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Editor type
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Human
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Frequency
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Regularly
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Object provider
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Editors
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The above organization of the elements could be labeled ‘the archetype of commercial newspapers and magazines’. It’s exactly the same model as e.g. The New York Times (offline) and The Economist (offline). Still these three medias are different - and I believe the main difference in structural terms only lies in their different frequencies: Daily, weekly and monthly.
Our model could take this into account to illustrate this basic difference among medias. The options should then be something like: continuously, hourly (to account for e.g. radio news), daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly. But on the other hand, there’s so many different frequencies, that we can’t coin them all.
We have decided to go with continuously (no set interval) and regularly for now, but it’s interesting that time is what makes e.g. The Economist feel different than e.g. The New York Times in terms of media type (we are not too concerned about the specific content in this model).
Monocle Magazine has a web site, but the above analysis refers to the print magazine.
by Jeppe Kabell, Dec 11, 2007
This is the first posts in a series of short media analyses, which will illustrate our model on a range of different media types.
Here is the structural analysis of Jezebel.
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jezebel.com
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Organization
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For-profit
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Object
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Original content
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Presentation
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Flow / non-prioritized
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Conversation
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Conversation
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Editing
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Editors (Centralized)
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Editor type
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Human
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Frequency
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Continuously
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Object provider
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Editors
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The above organization of the elements could be labeled ‘the archetype of commercial weblogs’ and is similar to e.g. Boing Boing (see post).
