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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?