1.  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?
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2. Which features and articles would you expect
to find in a magazine?
What’s in a magazine?
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3. 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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4. Music Magazine Contents
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Features
Editorial
Contents page
Interviews with musicians
Music reviews
Letters page
Lists (Top 10, 50, 100...)
Festival previews
Music news
New music
Articles about gigs

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Extension Questions
1. Identify the purpose of each typical feature.
2. What ‘value’ does each feature add to the
publication as a whole?

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Why do magazines appeal to their audiences?
What do consumers get from each section of a magazine?
Letters page
Interviews with musicians
Music news

7. The Uses and gratifications theory
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8. Essentially it says that there are 4 ‘uses’ of a media text
that ‘gratify’ the audience
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9. Can you apply this theory to a
magazine of your choice?
• How does the NME appeal to its audience?
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10.  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?
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