People Magazine

          The National Magazine I chose to do research on is the People Magazine. This magazine is geared towards people, mostly adults, who want to know all about the latest celebrity gossip. Its main audience is primarily female adults. I have some additional information because my mom subscribed to this magazine and she reads it as soon as she gets the new edition. To be honest, when she was done with it, I would read some stories as well. You won’t really find many teenagers reading through this magazine because teen magazines already exist and People is more about the older celebrities and actors. On the front cover of a People magazine, it always shows the biggest news or conflict between celebrities. For an example, the head story can be about someone having a baby, a divorce, or even a fight with another famous person. The headlines of the main story on the cover are often printed in huge letters to catch the reader’s attention. Also, on the corners of the cover, there are also smaller news that may attract readers as well. Inside the magazine, the majority of ads include beauty products. These beauty products consists of hair coloring and makeup. I don’t think men would be very interested in those beauty products so its safe to assume that the magazine is geared towards women. Some of the other ads in the magazine include advertisements for tv shows that are also geared toward women.  On the pages, the stories’ titles are often written in giant letters. Having big letters for a title help catch the reader’s attention so they will read the article or story. The stories often include pictures of the celebrities the story is about. These pictures are obtained through paparazzi. Another big thing about the magazine is that at the end of the magazine, there are a couple of games that the reader can enjoy and play. Two examples of these games are crosswords puzzles with the questions and answers being about actors and celebrities and a “spot the differences” picture. In the “spot the differences” game, the magazine shows two almost identical pictures of a celebrity but something in the background or something that they are wearing is changed so the objective of the reader is to compare the two pictures and find what changed in them. These changes can include a missing button on a shirt, different stripe pattern on pants, etc. So overall, this magazine contains all you want to know about the latest gossip in the celebrity life.