This bpost is more systematic, more comprehensive, more like a research topic; the Rolia bpost (below) is more specific, likely to end up more memorable.

k_UGC

This bpost’s focus is partly quality (including originality) of idea or quality of writer, more on quality of editing and quality of presentation. This quality is generally higher at reputable magazines, higher than the average book and higher than most newspapers. Higher due to better QC/QA, better selection (more submissions).

Fundamentally, newspapers and magazines are mass media publications. Readers trust the editorial selections review in major newspapers like NYTimes, WaPost, WSJ, SCMP and the major British newspapers. Magazines and books have even more thorough reviews esp. academic publications.

In terms of circulation, reputable newspapers and magazines have much bigger audience than most books, so I assume the editorial QC is more battle-tested than most published books.

— Chinese content ..
Suppose a student of management/philosophy/engineering//// exclude Japanese writers wholesale, she would miss a lot of high-value content. Fact — The Japanese population has produced many excellent authors and intellectual creations.

Ditto the Chinese.  Over the decades, I have seen through my own eyes the intellectual depth/breadth of Chinese thinkers. My reading diet regime is currently “too much” English, so I deliberately increase my “intake” of Chinese content.

Q: what Chinese magazines? I only have a small collection. [[读者]] is best. RD Chinese edition is mostly English content translated to Chinese, but there is still some Chinese writers’ content.

— UGC includes wikipedia ++

bbs UserGeneratedContent .. see my bpost about Rolia^ReadersDigest

— eg: ReadersDigest .. (and to a lesser extent [[读者]] ) editing and content show consistent writing quality, originality (rather than cliches), depth with clarity,,,

These qualities become evident when I read second-class magazines, free publications or regional magazines such as those SEAsia productions. The difference feels like an original movie vs cheap thriller.

— eg: TheEconomist .. discussed in RecreationalXX