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60 Media Studies - II ELECTRONIC MEDIA

who review submissions and perform a quality control function to ensure
that all material meets the expectations of the publishers and the
readership.

Online magazines that are part of the World Wide Web are sometimes
called webzines. An ezine is a more specialized term appropriately
applied to small magazines and newsletters distributed by any electronic
method, for example, by electronic mail (e-mail/email). Some social
groups may use the terms cyberzine and hyperzine when referring to
electronically distributed resources. Similarly, some online magazines
may refer to themselves as “electronic magazines” to reflect their
readership demographics or to capture alternative terms and spellings
in online searches. Many large print-publishers now provide digital
reproduction of their print magazine titles through various online services
for a fee.

Online magazines representing matters of interest to specialists in or
societies for academic subjects, science, trade or industry are typically
referred to as online journals.

E-JOURNAL

An electronic journal (or electronic serial) is an electronic publication
that may be available via the web or email by subscription or free of
charge. Electronic journals can be born digital with no print equivalent
or can exist as an online version of a print journal. Issues for the
preservation of electronic journals include the differing interests of the
stakeholders - publishers, libraries, authors and the researchers that
utilize the publications; costs and funding issues, such as fees for access;
licensing and copyright issues, such as who can access them and when.
E Journal system facilitates work flow communication through the use
of fully customizable internal email messages.