Periodicals and Periodicity

Summary points:

Periodicals were the first major publications created in the wake of Gutenburg's revolutionary printing press. They became popular amongst the "everyman" largely because of the information they relayed as well as their availability. Readers in the age of the periodical were familiar with reading snippets at a time rather than large novels like we are accustomed to today so periodicals were easier to read amongst the literate population

Journals were seen as more scholarly and specialized. They opened a space for intellectual dialogue about very particular subject matters  and created a specialization among intellectuals as opposed to the periodical that more often than not just relayed everyday information. Also, journals were published at a less frequent rate as opposed to the periodical. However, as the reading states: ease of publication does not necessarily mean a larger readership 

Comment:

• I too found the part about the Tour de France interesting. The idea of something that seems like a staple sporting event originating from just an advertising ploy is shocking to an extent. It almost makes you kind of jaded, especially when coupled with what we learned about book selling and Christmas in previous chapters. Everything is about the money apparently.

Question:

• I found it interesting how towards the end of the reading it mentioned how print culture (namely print periodicals) are being replaced by television and digital media. My question is that could it ever go out completely? Like no form of print periodicals at all? I know this question is very unoriginal, but I think it is still worth discussing.  .