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An advice column is a column traditionally presented in a magazine or newspaper, but can also be delivered through other news media such as the internet and broadcast news media. The advice column format is question and answer: a (usually anonymous) reader writes to the media outlet with a problem in the form of a question, and the media outlet provides an answer or response. The responses are written by an advice columnist (colloquially known in British English as an agony aunt, or agony uncle if the columnist is male). The image presented was originally of an older woman dispensing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt". An advice columnist can also be someone who gives advice to people who send in problems to the newspaper. Sometimes the author is in fact a composite or a team: Marjorie Proops's name appeared (with photo) long after she retired. The nominal writer may be a pseudonym, or in effect a brand name; the accompanying picture may bear little resemblance to the actual author. The term is beginning to fall into disuse, as the scope of personal advice has broadened to include sexual matters — pioneered by the likes of Dr. Ruth — as well as general lifestyle issues. ''The Athenian Mercury'' contained the first known advice column in 1690. ==Examples of advice columnist== Many advice columns are now syndicated and appear in very few newspapers. Prominent American examples include Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Carolyn Hax's ''Tell Me About It'', and Emily Yoffe's ''Dear Prudence''. Internet sites such as the Elder Wisdom Circle offer relationship advice to a broad audience; Dear Maggie offers sex advice to a predominantly Christian readership in ''Christianity Magazine''; ''Ask Nina''〔http://caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Ask-Nina-27813.html〕 offers broad advice to a multiple areas of the issues present in Curacao, and Miriam's Advice Well offers advice to Jewish people in Philadelphia. Men as advice columnists are rarer than women in print, but men have been appearing more often online in both serious and comedic formats. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Advice column」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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