Magazines Flashcards
What does Magazine/Media distributors mean?
People responsible for getting the product to audiences.
What is Blumler and Katz’s Theory?
That people read magazines for personal identification.
What does circulation mean?
Number of copies a magazine sells.
What does readership mean?
Not just who buys a magazine but the total number of people.
What does mass audience mean?
Readership on a very large scale.
How do magazines make money?
Advertising ~ without advertising no magazine could survive.
What does conventions mean?
Ingredients of a magazine.
What does Intertextual mean?
When one media product/text refers to another media product/text.
Why is intertextuality important?
Adds layers of meaning for the audience.
What does Pastiche mean?
Is a copy in homage (honouring something)
What does Parody mean?
Imitating something for the purpose of comedy.
