Magazines

By Sabiha Kamal

Shabiha kamal

Magazines -The Key Facts!Magazines – a.k.a. periodicals, serials, glossies, slicks – are publications that appear on a regular schedule and contain a variety of articles.

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2)The first ever magazine was published in the year 1663.

3) The first modern general interest magazine, The gentleman's magazine was published in the year 1731.

The benefits of Magazines (Advantages)

There are many different benefits of magazines such as…

1) Magazines are a great source of entertainment and information.

2) Reading magazines is a perfect way to relax and unwind.

3) Magazines are fun to read because there are magazines for both gender.

4) Magazines also offer great reading choices to travellers.

5) Magazines provide you information about latest trends, upcoming events, important happenings, celebrity news apart from self-help, health and other information depending on the magazine category.

The disadvantages of Magazines

1)Most magazines, especially fashion magazines display indecent or provocative images that can corrupt the mind of the readers

There are also many disadvantages of magazines such as…

2)It is much more time consuming to look for information in a magazine.

3)Entertainment magazines are at times just a waste of time as they might not provide relevant information.

4)Magazines can give bias information depending on which media group it belongs to and how much government control that media group has.

5)They take a long time to deliver, and need paper to be printed on. The costs of distribution and printing alone make it more expensive than a web magazine for example.

Comparison -Magazines and newspapers.

Similarities:

* Both are sources of news.

* They are both popular with adults

* They are both sources of entertainment.

Differences:

* Newspapers aren't really popular with children whereas magazines are.

* Magazines offer much more entertainment

* Newspapers have more news than magazines.

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