Magazine Terminology

I have made this image to show different magazine terminology.

Cardinal Bulletin analysis

From this front cover I can tell that christmas is the main subject. I can tell this because of the red and white colours and the snow on the word "Cardinal". Also I can tell it is christmas time because of the subtitle "Christmas Concert". The heads message is important because it is aimed at the parents swell as the students. The front cover of a music magazine is based around one imagine that stands out. This front cover has a couple of images with a lot of text. The t comparance wo structures are totally different in to this front cover and any music magazine. 


The text on the left side of the page states that its the 'Heads Message'. This tells us that the headmaster of the school take a very active role within the schools curricular activities. The images of the students of the page also portrays and conveys how the students take pride and enrich themselves into the extra curricular activities within the school. 

If I was to present this college magazine cover to an audience i would consider putting less amount of text on the page and put one main image on the page. I would also consider putting a larger and more eye-cathing headline on my page.  This will help make the page more appealing and more professional to the readers to look at and will make it more eye-catching for the readers.     

Questionnaire Results

Here are the results I got back from the questionnaire I made a couple of weeks back. I can use this information to help me with my music magazine and I can relate back to it.

Gender?
Male - 100%
Female - 0%

Age?
16-21 - 95%
21-30 - 5%
30-50 - 0%
50 and over - 0%

Do you read music magazines?
Yes - 20%
No - 80%

Why not? Because...

I use online websites to read them - 40%

I'm not a big fan of music - 5% 

They are too expensive - 5% 

They are out of date -  50%

You don't like the latest artists and music - 0%

How much would you be willing to spend on a music magazine?

Under £1.00 - 0% 

£1.00 - £2.00 - 45% 

£3.00 - £4.00 - 5% 

£5.00 or more - 50%

What music do you like?

Pop - 20% 

Rock - 20% 

Rap - 40% 

Classics - 10% 

Other - 10%

Would you buy them if they had more elements such as...

Bold Headlines - 5%

Large images - 40% 

Colourful images and text - 15% 

Small text - 0% 

Neat layout - 5% 

Messy layout - 20% 

Other - 15%

Would the name of the magazine be important?

Yes - 20%

No - 20%

Would not bother me - 60%

Hollyoaks male gaze

I will analyse how the male gaze is used in this clip from hollyoaks.

From the beginning of the clip the camera is focused on the female who is lying on her front so she has her derriere out. The camera doesn't move of her until she moves. There is a cole up show on the girl who bend over to pick something up. The camera goes from girl to girl for a short while who has a bikini on exposing her body.
Because the camera zooms in, this relates to the male gaze because it automatically knows what the males would be looking at.

  

Feminism

Definition 

The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men.

Many people have different views and opinions about feminism. There are people who are feminists and people who are not. There are also people who see the phrase "feminism" as a different thing.

This is what pop sensation Lady Gaga has to say about feminism.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=habpdmFSTOo&feature=player_embedded

My opinion is feminism is rubbish. I think this because I agree that all women are made in different shapes and sizes. I think that in the 21st century, attractive women get more attention and this is just natural. Just like footballers get paid a lot more money than other people but males don't moan about it, they just adapt to it and find ways around being a footballer.

This picture shows an attractive woman (Scarlett Johansson) posing. Other women may think she is tacky and too confident in herself. Most males would glaze at this picture and admire it.

This woman disagrees with feminism and is trying to say that all women are made in different shapes and sizes. She had this picture taken to show that any woman can be the face of a magazine no matter what she looks like.

Research Methods

In this blog i will be talking about the different types of methods to use while researching.

Quantitative Research

Quantitative research is

• To quantify data and generalize results from a sample to the population of interest
• To measure the incidence of various views and opinions in a chosen sample
• Sometimes followed by qualitative research which is used to explore some findings further
• Using surveys and Questionnaires 

Qualitative Research

Qualitative research is 

• To gain an understanding of underlying reasons and motivations
• To provide insights into the setting of a problem, generating ideas and/or hypotheses for later quantitative research
• To uncover prevalent trends in thought and opinion
• Using interviews   

Primary Data

Primary data is when you conduct your own research manually making it unique and relevant to your research, this is original data. The advantage of this data is that you can address specific research because you are the one finding the data, also there is no chance that the data will be outdated which can be a problem with secondary data because you will be finding this data at the time that you need it. The most popular ways of collecting this data are surveys, interviews and focus groups.

Secondary Data

Secondary data is data that has already been conducted in the past and collected for another purpose which makes collecting this data a risk, as the data might not be relevant to your research and can also be outdated. You can get this type of data from sources such as newspaper and magazine articles and internet online websites. Secondary data is less time consuming than primary data and can support findings of primary data, and you can use secondary data to compare with primary data results.