Entertainment Weekly
Publication Identification
| Field | Information |
| Country | United States |
| Publisher | Time Inc. |
| Publisher address | Pending research update |
| Magazine title | Entertainment Weekly |
| Publication status | Print edition discontinued in 2022; the publication continued as a digital brand. |
| Publication run | Print: February 1990 to April 2022. Digital publication continued after the print edition ended. |
| Editor | Pending research update |
| Printer | Pending research update |
| ISSN | 1049-0434 (bibliographic reference; not verified against the represented issue’s masthead) |
| Language | English |
| Publication type | General-interest entertainment and popular culture magazine |
| Publication frequency | Weekly |
Preservation Significance
This issue has preservation significance because it records how a mainstream American entertainment magazine presented snakes to a mass audience during the 2006 Snakes on a Plane phenomenon. The cover does more than advertise a film: it preserves a cultural example of snakes being used as visual shorthand for fear, danger, and terror. Such portrayals can reinforce an unjustified fear of snakes and make later public education about their behavior and ecological value more difficult. Preserving the physical issue allows future readers to examine the imagery, language, and marketing in their original context rather than relying on later descriptions of the campaign.