Magazine research


Magazines have particular feats similar to each other and follow an algorithm. For example, Vogue is the most famous and popular fashion magazine for women. It was firstly published in 1892 by the Condé Nast Publications publishing house. Nowadays Vogue magazine is popular all over the world and is published in 18 countries: UK, U.S., Australia, Brazil, Portugal, Russia, China, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, and is called one of the greatest magazines in the world's market.
The first issue of the weekly magazine for wealthy New Yorkers was released in 1892. The magazine was well illustrated, with models of costumes, and despite the restraint, Vogue magazine was a first class journal, and respectability set him apart from other publications. The journal had articles about fashion, beauty, social life, as well as theaters, concerts, art exhibitions and new books.~ Wikipedia
Nowadays the magazine is positioned as respectable and worthy of attention, this is a magazine about the life of society, fashion and lifestyle. From the very first issue, it became clear that this is not just another magazine about women's fashion, but restrained and respectable edition of the fashionable world.
Vogue's target audience is for young women from 20 to 40 years, who are successful and beautiful and who wants to be aware of all the novelties of fashion and beauty. These are mostly wealthy woman, but editors try to maximize the target audience of the journal, focusing on the fact that high fashion is accessible to all, not only for the elite.

The colour red could refer to the typical colour of lipstick associated with beauty. This is impactful seeing as the 'Vogue' magazine often looks at fashion and beauty. 
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Another example is the Rolling Stone magazine. The Rolling Stone Magazine includes both contemporary and classic culture, however the Magazine features information predominantly from the music sector. Television programs, films and much more of the media products are also included within the magazines. The target audience of Rolling Stone Magazine is the young and very mainstream audience of 15-24, with the magazine content being largely popular culture often focusing on actors, television and pop music. Rolling Stone is a U.S. based magazine, which devotes it’s content to music, politics and popular culture, it is published every two weeks. It was first published in 1967 by founder Jann Wenner and Ralph J.Gleason. It reaches a circulation of 1.4million and is published by the company Wenyer Media.

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