Media Studies Blog

Seventeen Magazine's audience is mostly female, from ages 12-19. Seventeen Magazine uses many forms of advertising. They have social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Google plus, Instagram, Youtube, Pinterest, Tumblr, and Snapchat. Seventeen pays for ads on these social media sites in order to reach a larger audience. They also have a website. They use these accounts and websites to promote their magazine, along with articles on their website. seventeen.com has a "subscribe" button that advertises both the print and digital versions of their magazine. Less people are buying physical magazines, so they're pushing the digital subscriptions.

In my article revision, I changed the placement of the title because the word "meet" was too close to "Savannah West" in my original. I justified the text instead of having it aligned to the left so that my columns are symmetrical. I added advertising next to the page numbers for glitzmag.com. Before Before After After

I didn't change much in my table of contents revision. I changed the color of the title font to make it easier to read. I also changed the color of the text from black to white. Before After

For my magazine cover, I changed the cover picture. I changed the font colors to match the bike she was on, along with her outfit. I also photo-shopped her head in front of the magazine title to create authenticity. I also moved some of the text to fit around her better. Before After

A magazine I researched with a similar target audience is Cosmopolitan Magazine. Cosmopolitan magazine's target audience is between ages 18-49 and are interested in fashion, beauty, and pop culture.  Cosmopolitan markets their product in a few ways. They use social media, and have a cosmopolitan page for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and even Snapchat. Their Twitter page shares links to articles on cosmopolitan.com, and so does their Facebook. Both their Twitter and Facebook accounts post videos and links that draw you in with enticing titles and bright colors. Their Instagram page shares photos of people featured in their magazine and/or articles on their website, along with some enticing and funny photos to get people to follow their account. They have a feature on the Snapchat explore page that features around 12 articles from their website and cute animations that you can send to friends. The explore page is updated every day at 11 a.m. They also advertise their magazine on

My target audience is mostly women from ages 13-25. People who would buy my magazine are in the U.S. and/or Canada and England (primarily English-speaking countries). It's targeted towards high school to college level students. The content in my magazine is generally more interesting to younger people. My target audience's income level isn't high. The people buying the magazine are most likely getting money from their parents or have a low-paying job because they're mostly still in school. A subscription to my magazine would be anywhere from $12-15 per year and to just buy one issue off the shelf would be around $3-5.