Webzine
From Freepedia
A Webzine is an ezine hosted on the World Wide Web rather than in print. Unlike blogs, which are published ad hoc, a webzine tends to be published on a regulated basis (weekly, biweekly, monthly). Webzines also maintain an editorial control system whereas blogs do not. Another distinguishing characteristic is that webzines bypass the strict adherence to the reverse-chronological format; the front page is mostly clickable headlines and is laid out either manually on a periodic basis, or automatically based on the story type.
Some people also use the term to refer to any magazine published on the Web. Early Webzines included Chaos Control, Hotwired, and The Virtual Journal.
Between 1998 and 2001, in San Francisco and New York, a series of webzine-focused conferences brought together independent personal online publishers to share their experiences. Started by Srini Kumar, the "Webzine" festivals were continued primarily by filmmaker Ryan Junell. Junell has worked to track the history of the early webzine movement through these festivals; his research is linked below. After a haitus, the Webzine festival is returning to the Bay Area in 2005.
In the 2000s, some webzines began appearing in a printed format to complement their online versions. These included Movie Insider, Slate, Synthesis and Lucire magazines.
See also: History of the Internet, Cyberzine
Notable webzines
- Sciencebase Science News - a popular science webzine and blog run by scientific journalist David Bradley.
- Detour Memphis - a literary electronic magazine by Nick A. Davis.
- Spectral Lines - scientific webzine from Wiley publishers covering all areas but with a slant towards areas using various forms of spectroscopy to obtain results.
- Reactive Reports Chemistry - chemistry webzine published in Canada by software house ACD/Labs.
- Spotlight Science Features - general science webzine published by scientific information portal PSIgate in the UK.
- Dark Matter Webzine - A webzine and blog that focuses on art, music, literature, science, and technology.
- Digital Web Magazine - A webzine and blog that focuses on web design, web development, information architecture, and other topics of interest to web professionals.
- Salon.com - An American-centric lifestyle webzine.
- 3:AM Magazine - Cult literature journal
- CLUAS.com - a popular music webzine covering the Irish music scene since 1999.
- Scanner zine - An established UK Punk Rock fanzine now accessible via the 'Net at a new home in New Zealand
External links
- Webzine 2005 - A conference, expo and party celebrating independent publishing on the Internet taking place in San Francisco.
- http://www.webzine.ws/
- The Webzine Format: benefits for online publishers - An article explaining the webzine format in comparison to the weblog format.
