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To be able to identify the key features of content withhin a music magazine
Can you use theory to explain how a magazine appeals to its audience?
Magazines + Content
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Which features and articles would you expect to find in a magazine?
What’s in a magazine?
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What can you see in a music magazine
• Take 2 or 3 magazines and note down all the different areas of content
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Music Magazine Contents
FeaturesEditorialContents pageInterviews with musiciansMusic reviews Letters pageLists (Top 10, 50, 100...)Festival previewsMusic newsNew musicArticles about gigs
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Extension Questions1. Identify the purpose of each typical feature. 2. What ‘value’ does each feature add to the
publication as a whole?
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AppealsWhy do magazines appeal to their audiences?
What do consumers get from each section of a magazine?
Letters pageInterviews with musicians
Music news
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The Uses and gratifications theory
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Essentially it says that there are 4 ‘uses’ of a media text that ‘gratify’ the audience
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Can you apply this theory to a magazine of your choice?
• How does the NME appeal to its audience?
Exam style question alert !
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To be able to identify the key features of a music magazine
Can you use theory to explain how a magazine appeals to its audience?
Review of Aims
HOMEWORK CHECK?