THE MEDIA:

A TEENAGER MAGAZINE

By Mercedes Borja Gómez

What is a teenager magazine?

It’s a publication addressed to teenagers which speaks about subjects, things, people young people are interested in. It isn’t a gossip magazine

What is its target?

Teenagers, mainly girls, who are between 12-18 years old (approximately)

What does it speak about?

1 IdolsActor / actress, movie stars, celebrities, singers, music bands, sport men…

Interviews with: questions about their personality, opinions, hobbies, personal questions, professional questions…

- Last news about them: what they are doing at the moment (a new film, disc, tv series...)- Gossips (if they have a new girl-boy friend, where they did spend their last holidays…)… - Etc.

2 General news… which concern teenager: music, billboard

cinema, videogames, technology, gadgets, books…

3 ReportsSpecial events, concerts…

4 ReviewsAbout

discs, films, concerts, series…

These opinions are usually positive, because young people don’t want to hear bad opinions about their idols

5 Topical issueswhich young people are interested in

like… Beauty

Advices to be more beautiful, make up, hair, etc.

Fashion

The most fashionable of the season, how to dress like an idol…

Horoscope

Sex

Dates, advice to cheat, etc.

Characteristics

A striking front page- Good photos- Sensational headlines- Striking colours

Colourful Big Photos (usually are more important than texts) Big headlines Very easy language (colloquial expressions, abbreviations, cool

words…) A small number of pages The main goal is to fun and keep the readers amused Bias and no very objective. Fans always want to hear that their

idols are the best. Big audience But… it’s very important to take care with opinions, and moral

values because readers are usually minors (are under 18 years old) and they are very easily to influenced.

Periodicity

No daily

Monthly (once a month)

Fortnightly (twice a month)

Weekly (once a week) (less usual)

GLOSSARY

Audience: The people who watch or listen to a television or radio programme or the readership of a newspaper, magazine, or book.

Bias / biased: inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Censored (censor): examine (a book, film, etc.) officially and suppress unacceptable parts of it Circulation: the number of copies sold of a newspaper or magazine Copy: a single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue. Front page (or cover): the first page of a newspaper, containing the most important or remarkable news of the

day. Headline: a heading at the top of an article or page in a newspaper or magazine. Interview: A conversation between a journalist or radio or television presenter and a person of public

interest, used as the basis of a broadcast or publication. Objective: A person or their judgement not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and

representing facts. Contrasted with subjective not dependent on the mind for existence. Report: A spoken or written description of an event or situation, especially one intended for publication or

broadcasting in the media. Review: A critical appraisal of a book, play, film, etc. published in a newspaper or magazine. Section: A relatively distinct part of a book, newspaper, statute, or other document. Sensational: Presenting information in a way that is intended to provoke public interest and excitement, at the

expense of accuracy. Target: An objective or result towards which efforts are directed. In print (or in media), the kind of audience

who a publication wants to direct at. Topical issues: Subjects (o issues) that usually appear in the media. Newsworthy events.