Theorizing Communications Professor Kirkpatrick Journal Reflection 1 September 8‚ 2012 I am an avid fashion magazine reader; my favorites are Cosmopolitan and Vogue. As I was flipping through my October issue of Cosmo‚ passing by 80% of the advertisements without a second glance‚ I stopped myself at a Nivea lotion ad. In the past‚ I would have over look this page‚ not noticing anything distinguishing it from any of the outrageous number of advertisements. However‚ something about this ad irritated
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them are advertising anti aging creams‚ this gives of the idea that these woman have to stay young as all the way through the magazine all of the focus is on beauty and fashion making the older audience want to try and keep up with all of these models and actresses. The younger millennial will be a lot more impressionable as they have been brought up with these magazines and models and actresses being portrayed in this way so they would automatically think they act/dress in the right way. They
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“beauty”. If you ask me‚ women’s fashion advertisement has snowballed downhill since the 1940s. In a June 2013 Cosmopolitan edition of a magazine I read an article that’s title “When you can’t stop thinking about food.” Immediately I thought that it may be something positive for women’s but then I reminded myself that it was out of a women’s fashion magazine from today’s century. The article discusses ways to get food OFF of your mind and hot to fight the urge to eat. The article also states ways
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music. They mostly make their purchase decisions independently‚ have significant influence on family purchases‚ and companies know that once they have “branded” a child‚ they are likely to be customers for life. They reach kids by advertising in magazines‚ movies‚ TV shows‚ and on the internet. Companies get info about kids spending habits from internet “quizzes” and “surveys”. Marketers know how to capitalize on important teen issues and anxieties‚ like body image‚ peer acceptance‚ coolness‚ and
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“perfect human”. Television advertisements may use skinny models‚ which can give young women a sense that they need to be thin and cause them to feel insecure about their appearance. Some girls will go to extreme lengths to look like a model in a magazine. They might go on extreme diets‚ which can lead to anorexia and bulimia‚ and many other types of disorders. Doing so would also cause harm to their body; their organs could become damaged and could fail‚ or they could become hospitalized due to the
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Chapter 5 Magazines True/False 1. The earliest American magazines were highly political. Ans: F 2. Unlike newspapers during the penny press era‚ magazines of that time did not increase their appeal or circulation. Ans: F 3. Reader’s Digest is considered the finest example of the digest‚ one of three major magazine types that evolved between World War I and World War II. Ans: T 4. Contemporary magazines have recovered from the tough economic times of the 1980s1990s and are making record profits
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compare two magazines in the financial and business world of entrepreneurs. The name of the first magazine is " Small business opportunities" and the second magazine is "Entrepreneurs Be your own boss" The theme of the first magazine is to highlight‚ how and what type of businesses to start and make money without putting in much of the hard work. The very first page of the magazine shows an absolute image of the man and women dressed up with lots of money and a road of success. The magazine rapidity
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After I read through the article " Sex‚Lies‚ Advertising" of Gloria Steinem‚ I ran to the store to buy the Elle magazine which is sold for women. I understood more deeply about Steinem’s criticizes for nowadays women’s magazines. All most content in these magazines are only for advertising. Steinem who is a cofounder for Ms. magazine fight for all women’s magazine. She saidthat these magazines need to be changed with more articles about cars‚ finances‚ cooking lessons... which is neccessery for women’s
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HiSupporting Account For my practical production I choose to design and create 5 pages of a magazine including a front cover‚ an advert‚ a contents page‚ an article and a horoscope page. These 5 conventions formed to make part of a magazine that would be used to complete my practical production. This task intrigued me as I have a genuine interest in reading magazines myself‚ and the idea of creating and editing my own appealed to me more. I decided to pursue this task by myself as this shows originality
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Powerful or Powerless Magazine publishers are continuously fighting to stay relevant and fresh to their audience. Teens tend to be the largest group vulnerable to advertising and the influence of magazines because they are in the very imperative identity-forming stage of life‚ and they tend to seek out magazines for answers and guidance. Furthermore‚ teen girls are the most apt and vulnerable to the ads in magazines because they are trying to find their place in society and construct their definition
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