Magazine Research: Genre

To start my project of creating my own unique magazine, I need to find what genre the magazine is going to be and how the layout of the magazine needs to be. In this post I will be talking about consumer magazines that may interest me and I will name and explain each different type of consumer magazine genre.

Magazine Genre:

• Fashion: A fashion magazine is used to promote society into purchasing the certain type of clothing. In this magazine they usually use famous actors and singers to promote their clothing line. Also most fashion magazines have the website or number that you need to call to make the purchase and in one of the last places they add discounts so that people feel that they should buy the clothing because it is made cheaper. 
• Sports: A sport magazine can be specified to a particular sport and it is mostly done when it is the season of that sport or the magazine can be broader and talk a little bit about each sport. The sport magazine talks about the big stories like a well known team making the playoffs or the biggest rivalry in baseball is playing like the Red Sox vs. Yankees. The magazine cover is the best person in that sport. An example would be in a baseball magazine, the cover is usually Mike Trout. In sport magazines they have stories of the game of the week and the player of the week. 
• Music: Music magazines include news, articles and photos on artist. In this magazine you may also find concert reviews which may let you know if the artist is worth going to see. This magazine is used to inform people who like specific artist or want to find out about a popular concert that will be coming near them. The magazine covers all genres on=f music and usually has its top charts on the magazine as well. The front cover of a music magazine may let you know what music genre the magazine is mostly going to talk about.
• Cultural and lifestyle: The cultural and lifestyle magazine is very broad. It can talk about entertainment to health and fitness. This type of magazine talks a little bit about everything. It also varies on the region you are in. For example the magazine in Miami, Florida will be different than the magazine in Orlando, Florida because the cultural is very different, The magazine in Tampa talks about the amusement parks while the magazine in Miami talks about the beaches. This magazine highlights the activities and the most famous places to go in the area you are in.

Reference

zoetoase Follow. (2017, March 27). Magazine genre research. Retrieved from 
          https://www.slideshare.net/zoetoase/magazine-genre-research-73743822.