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Periodical studies is an interdisciplinary field of the humanities and social sciences concerned with the study of periodical literature, typically including newspapers and magazines. Although periodicals have long been a subject of academic study, the emergence of periodical studies as a cohesive field is often traced to the rise of digital archives.[1]
History
editWhile periodical studies is often considered a product of the digital age, the roots of the field go back considerably further. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, which appeared in five volumes from 1966 to 1989, is among the field's founding texts.[2] The first volume, and Walter Houghton's reflections on editing it, inspired Michael Wolff to establish the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals and its journal in 1968.[3]
Organizations
editJournals
edit- American Periodicals
- Journal of European Periodical Studies
- Journal of Modern Periodical Studies
- Media History (formerly the Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History (1984–1993) and Studies in Newspaper and Periodical History)
- Victorian Periodicals Review
- Tijdschrift voor Tijdschriftstudies
References
edit- ^ Latham, Sean; Scholes, Robert (March 2006). "The Rise of Periodical Studies". Proceedings of the Modern Language Association. 121 (2). Cambridge University Press: 517–531.
- ^ Hughes, Linda K. (2007). "What the "Wellesley Index" Left out: Why Poetry Matters to Periodical Studies". Victorian Periodicals Review. 40 (2 (Summer 2007)): 91.
- ^ Schmidt, Barbara Quinn (1989). "The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals; 1824-1900; Volume IV by Walter E. Houghton, Esther Rhoads Houghton, Jean Harris Slingerland". Victorian Periodicals Review. 22 (2 (Summer 1989)): 71.
External links
editCategory:Digital humanities Category:Periodicals Category:Literary criticism