Understanding magazines

In this lesson we looked at different magazine types. We were asked numerous questions about them:

What are magazines made to do? 

• Magazines are made to advertise, entertain audience, inform audience about recent events (news), inform audience about celebrities lives (gossip), to show pictures of celebrities and mainly to gain money. 

What are usually inside magazines? 

• Inside a magazine you will usually find products being advertised that will make you want to buy them, music advertisement, pictures and gossip about celebrities, general news (current events), personal stories so that the audience can also feel involved with the magazine, daily horoscopes, advice for the audience, competitions, interviews with famous musicians/celebrities and columns. 

Name the magazines that you know or have heard of: 

• Magazines that I have heard of are: Kerrang, NME, OK, Now, GQ, Look, Glamour, Closer, Fabulous, Star, Woman, Vogue, Beano, dancing times, Sky Sports, House & Gardens, Mens Health, Tv mag, Time and Elle. 

What sort of magazine genres are there? Give examples of magazines that are in these genres:

• Music/Rock music - Kerrang, Woman based - Glamour, Men based - GQ, Teen based - Vogue, News - Time, Sports - Sky Sports, Home and Garden - House & Gardens, Gossip/celebrity - Star, Lifestyle/Fitness - Mens Health, Fashion - Elle and Television/entertainment - TV mag.