To my project partners sorry for being late my laptop dumped out and wouldn't connect to the dorm internet:
Yesterday in class we were asked to bring in our favorite magazines. Two of us brought in Alternative Press (AP) Magazine and one brought in Seventeen Magazine. Now I know what you are thinking these are two VERY different magazines, and your right. As you flip through the pages of AP you see ads for tours, gauge companies, and CD releases. Now go through Seventeen, ads for clothing, makeup, chick flicks, and perfume. Obviously these two magazines are directed at two different audiences, but are they really that different? I don't think so. While the content and audience are different we see one common goal, each magazine wants to appeal to it's own sub-group. Seventeen appeals to, well, Seventeen year old girls and Alternative Press appeals to the groups more interested in subculture and music found off of the mainstream. They both have the common goal of reaching these groups and they accomplish it in a similar manner through celebrity interviews, music review/suggestions, news pertaining to their demographic and advertisements for things their demographic wants to buy. So while I typically would not recommend Seventeen to a reader of AP or vice-verse they are very similar in what they try to achieve overall. 
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ReplyDeleteI like how you also point out that they have a common goal! Both audiences are clearly different but overall we can see all magazines have similarities! Great job.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that all magazines have similar end goals, no matter what they're about. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteTo further elaborate, I like how you concluded, in the end, that no matter the initial appearance of the magazine, the means and the result are the same.
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