Magazines have implicitly and explicitly been influencing humans for decades. They are continually more involved in the media, however the market is highly competitive. It is extremely important for magazines to maintain the readers’ interest and loyalty therefore they must excel in its appearance and content. Helen Brown created the Cosmopolitan magazine in 1965. It holds a spot as one of the most successful women’s magazines of all time, and proceeds to be the number one selling monthly magazine. (Ouellette, 360, 2005).
Cosmopolitan is a women’s magazine for fashion, sex advice, dating tips and celebrity news. This magazine has been around since 1886, but it had a totally different concept, until 1965. When it was first launched in 1886 by Paul Schlicht, it was considered a family magazine. It wasn’t until 1965 when a woman by the name of Helen Brown took over the magazine in seeking somewhere women could go to get advice on various topics. Now the magazine is being run by Kate White, Editor in Chief. Because Cosmo contains explicit information that is not advised to people under eighteen, its demographic is women who are at the ages of eighteen and older, Some grocery stores have to cover it up because of the complaints of its sexually explicit
These are just some of the ways Playboy has idolized women, but that’s not all that the company and the magazine are about. In an article titled “When Playboy ruled the world”, written by Brett Popplewell, he talks about some of the cultural impacts of Playboy. Popplewell talks in his article about how Playboy is more than just a magazine that displays nude photos of women. It is a magazine that also held many great articles, fiction pieces, poetry, and interviews
I have always believed that modern women were discreet about subjects, such as wanting more money, sex, and exercise; however, prior to reading Cosmopolitan I was unaware that this content was available for males to purchase and gain more insight on women. My initial perception of Cosmopolitan was that I would be bombarded by articles on clothing, make up, and celebrities; instead, I stumbled upon articles about emergency funds, cycling, and the best sex toy in the market. Upon analyzing women’s magazine Octobers Cosmopolitan I was able to examine articles that went against my expectations and views on the opposite sex because I discovered women are concerned with their finances, lust, and bodily improvement.
The main purpose in Carr writing this essay is to expose the small amount of diversity involved with the magazine industry, which has always been
The majority of these article are about lifestyle, architecture and luxury. It’s one of the successful magazine running in the industry. While looking at the magazine the cover of the magazine grabbed my attention. It had Jennifer Aniston sitting naked wearing a tie which covered some of her body parts. While on the other side of the magazine it shows George Clooney wearing a luxury suit and he’s all covered up. As we can see, the media is giving the society a negative portrayal of woman, where they are shown as an enjoyment for others (usually men). As seen, in this picture the model is the centre of attraction to get males attention or approval. While on the other side. the male model is shown standing with confidence and luxury. However as we know these images are commonplace in the mass media, and that woman have accepted these images as
The forerunner to Playboy was Esquire. Launched in 1933, Esquire made stylish consumption its forte. Ironically, in the midst of the Great Depression, its circulation jumped to more than 728,000 in 1938. Esquire’s novelty was created by pulling together fragments of male consumerist culture. Osgerby quotes Esquire’s first editor Arnold Gingrich’s recollection that he attempted to “deodorize the lavender whiff coming from the mere presence of fashion pages.” To accomplish the balance Gingrich sought, Esquire regularly covered sports, boxing and baseball in particular and focused on masculine pursuits like
Including a little of everything guarantees a better selling rate, and thus more profit to fuel future spreads. Generally speaking, though, women ages 13-45 seem to be most affected by magazines, though it depends on the magazine. Obviously Playboy, Men’s Health and Popular Mechanics are geared towards the male population rather than women. Magazines such as Time and Rolling Stone are more gender-neutral magazines.
Body image is an important concept in many adolescent and young adult minds. To have a positive body image is to know that you are beautiful. To be beautiful is to reach the standards of beauty in society. However, society is constantly changing those standards as time goes by. Many young men and women strive to reach the positive, even if it means their health, money, and mind. They have the media, such as magazines to thank for these wonderful standards.
The narrative in the world and America especially, is constantly changing and the line between appropriate and inappropriate seems to be constantly shifting. The cover image of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the Rolling Stone magazine is a prime example, of how the use of nudity in the cover reveals the twisted narrative in American society and entertainment.To have a comprehensive understanding of the cover and what it signifies, background knowledge on the publishers and the person on the cover is neccesaryJulia Louis-Dreyfus is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is known for her work in television comedy, including Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Veep. The Rolling Stone
In society nowadays, we are surrounded and affected by the social media. Often times we turn to social media to under the world around us, and also to make sense of our identity. For instance, people are influence and come to understand their identity with the interaction they make with media. Therefore, our perception of our existence is socially constructed through the influence of media. As stated by Duke and Kreshel, “we create and perpetuate and understanding what it means to be a woman [or men] in our society.” (Duke & Kreshel, 1998). But with this overwhelming clutter of information from social media it can impact on how we view our identity. Female adolescent’s self-identity is socially constructed through the magazine which can negatively impact their perception of their own femininity. Magazine creates female ideology, giving girls insecurity about their look and weight, and finally the feminine identity is socially structured from male point of view. In this paper I will analyse the magazine Seventeen how it socially constructs negative perception of female identity. Seventeen magazine is chosen for analysis because it is one of the top selling magazines and it is highly popular amongst the adolescent girls in the United States. I restrict my analysis only on teenage girls only because they are the largest consumer of magazines compare to male. Also, adolescent is the stage in life where they try to figure out their sexuality, gender identity and where would they fit into society (Durham, 1998).
In a 1992 study of female students at Stanford University, “70% of women reported feeling worse about themselves and their bodies after looking at magazines” (What’s the Problem?). By looking at this evidence, it can be concluded that stricter regulations need to be implemented as far as how sexuality is depicted in advertising in order to protect the young minds of women. Without the use of regulations, the small problem of objectification multiplies into many different disorders that are harder to fix than to simply stop the cause.
The cover stories include “Men, Sex, and You: Real Men Tell You How to Push Their Pleasure Buttons”, “Ten Ways to…Have a Lust-Worthy Body”, “Sex and Love Guide”, “Dare-to-Wear Lingerie”, and “Make Him Yours Forever (Or, For as Long as You Want Him)”. While Twist deals with sex more evasively, Complete Woman gives more detailed and open sexual advice. From the subject material, we can gather that this is a magazine aimed at older teenage to early twenty-year-old women. Because this publication contains no advertisements, it is difficult to make an analysis of class-orientation of this publication. However, we may assume because of the age bracket it targets, Complete Woman is aimed at about the same consumer class as Twist.
Teen Vogue only publishes 4 magazines a year but publishes 10-12 articles a day on its website. Some titles under their “News and
Women in magazines are usually tall, extremely thin, and their faces are covered in makeup. Women can easily develop insecurities in the way they look and feel about themselves because of magazines. Women choose to read certain magazines according to their interests. However, their interests are usually congruent with those of the majority of women or they wouldn’t be reading that particular magazine and those magazines wouldn’t stay in business. On the flip side of the sex factor, influences from magazines such as “For Him” magazine and “Maxim” weigh heavily on many men’s self security. These magazines teach men not only how they should look but also how they should view things. An example of this is a macho, semi sexist, tough guy, bull headed, over confident attitude. These magazines define for men the writer’s essence of a real man. Men as a whole atone themselves to such lifestyles probably out of fear of not living by these structures. Although magazines have a strong influence on the masses they are by no means the most influential medium there is.