Magazines

Key Concepts

Codes and Conventions

What do we expect from a music magazine? – what do they contain: Here you should discuss the main findings from your SPR.

Audience

Why do audiences read magazines: what pleasures do they gain from them? What information might they benefit from? Why would they still read a magazine in light of easier (and cheaper) access to similar material on the internet?

Representation:

How is your particular genre of music represented? What are the key iconongraphy, Artists, awards, albums, attitudes, ideologies etc

Institution:

How do magazine publishers make money? How are they attempting to retain audiences? What business models are used to ensure a sustained audience? What are some of the magazine’s wider assets – TV, radio, awards, stages etc.