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TerminologyANCHOR: Page reference on the contents pageAROUSING CURIOSITY: Asking questions or giving "how to"

guides. Examples - "How to get Taylor Swifts hair style", "Lose weight through eating cake", "World's deadliest snakes“

AUDIENCE: The group of people the magazine is targeted at e.g. women, teenagers, athletes

BANNER: The title of a monthly magazine, which appears on the cover of the magazine and on the first page of the newsletter. It contains the name of the publication and serial information, date, volume, number

BARCODE: The black and white striped box, usually found in the corner

BLEED: Artwork that goes to the edge of the pageCAPTION: Text that relates/describes an imageCONNOTATION: An implication of a meaning e.g. snake=evil,

dangerCONTENTS: List of subheadings and page referencesCO-OPTION: Advertisers using news or media events for their

own advertising Like sun cancer scares, advertisers would make a new sun cream product to advertise and gain consumers

COVER LINES: Information about the main articles given on the front page of a magazine, usually a short sentence

DENOTATION: The literal meaning of a word e.g. snake=Reptile with scales and no legs, native to warm climates

FEATURE: Longer, more in-depth article

FONT: The look of text. Example: Text, Text, Text, TextGENRE: Category a film, book, song or other is placed. E.g.

Harry Potter Books=Fantasy HOUSE STYLE: The same colours, font, image type etc used

so the audience can define the magazine styleMAIN IMAGE: Usually a person (most likely celebrity) large

and in the centre of the cover. Attributes to the genre and form of the magazine

MASTHEAD: The main title of the magazine, at the top of the page - Usually bold and bright

NEGATIVE SPACE: The area of the page that doesn't have text, pictures or other elements

PLUG: Info on the contents of a magazine on the front cover

PUFF: Words or phrases on the cover of a magazine used to boost status

REPRESENTATION: How something is seen and shown to beSPLASH: Main cover storySTEREOTYPE: Generalised view or judgment of people,

assumptions the media have made, used to target the magazines audience

TAG LINE: Short phrase tagged to the masthead giving more information about the magazine

TIME OF CONSUMPTION: Monthly magazines for continued audience pleasure and loyalty

Links

http://www.abc.org.uk/ - Circulation figureswww.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundwww.empireonline.comwww.totalfilm.comsfx.co.uk

SFXFounded 1995

Editor Richard Edwards

Publisher Future PLC

Frequency Every 4 weeks

Circulation 23,725 (01 Jan 2014-31 Dec 2014)

Website sfx.co.uk

SFX• Features sci-fi, fantasy, horror, TV, games, comics,

films and literature• Publishes regular special editions• Website features news, reader blogs, reader

forums, reviews and competitions

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Known for the annual Empire Awards which are sponsored by Jameson. Awards are voted for by readers.

Empire Online is an excellent and free way to read movie news

EmpireFounded 1989

Editor Mark Dinning

Publisher Bauer Consumer Media

Frequency Monthly

Circulation 142,402 (01 Jul 2014-31 Dec 2014)

Website www.empireonline.com

Empire

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• Has news of cinema, DVD and Blu-ray as well as reviews and features

• Available both in print and digital

Total FilmFounded 1997

Editor Jane Crowther

Publisher Future Publishing

Frequency Every 4 weeks

Circulation 58,916 (01 Jul 2014-31 Dec 2014)

Website www.totalfilm.com

Total Film

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Sight and Sound• Reviews all films released each month without excluding

limited (art house) releases. • Features full cast and crew list for each reviewed movie• It is well known for its opinion polls by well known

directors such as Quentin Tarantino

Sight and SoundFounded 1932

Editor Nick James

Publisher British Film Institute

Frequency Monthly

Circulation 16,623 (01 Jan 2014-31 Dec 2014)

Website www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound

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Which have I chosen?I have chosen to use Empire as it has the largest

circulation and their publisher, Bauer Consumer Media, is a well known brand with over 80 influential products including ‘Q’ and ‘Mojo’. I am also a fan of Empire reading their website news weekly. I was going to choose Total Film as I like the covers style but have found another member of my group has chosen it so I shall do something different.

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