Our task was to research Smash Hits magazine, and we had to present our findings to the rest of the class. We had various areas we had to cover, including:
-The history and success of that magazine (sales figures etc).
-Who it's target audience is and how you know.
-What it can offer to media consumers.
-What it's plans are for the future.
By doing this task, not only did we learn about the above points for the specific magazine, but also because other groups did different magazines we also learned to be able to recognise the forms and conventions of many magazines in general. For example, we discovered how to determine the target audience for a magazine; using it's features to do so. 'Q' magazine is for an older, mass audience becaues it covers a range of different types of music and is renowned for its' high quality photography, whereas 'Smash Hits' magazine contains crosswords and puzzles, as well as block and feminine colours. These factors lead us to believe that it was created for a niche market of youg teenagers and children who are predominantly female and interested in pop music.
Below is our group's slide show on 'Smash Hits' magazine.
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