online journals

Digital personal writing

Online journals are periodicals published and distributed via the internet rather than in print.

The term covers both digital versions of traditional academic journals and personal blogs that function as public diaries.

In academic contexts, online journals have become the dominant format for scholarly publishing: The study appeared in an online journal last month.

The personal sense—a web-based diary—has largely given way to "blog."

Opposites
medium/format

online journalsprint newspapers

Periodicals on paper

printed matter · analog media

accessibility/distribution

online journalslocal archives

Area's preserved documents collection

publication medium

online journalsprinted books

Published physical reading material

stone tablets · manuscripts

Family

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