Magazines Context test Flashcards
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What is Huck magazine?
It is a subculture lifestyle magazine with content like - music, politics, travel and art.
Huck says it…
celebrates independence, seeking out the artists - activists who are challenging mainstream culture
Huck’s slogan is..
'’Stories from the fringes’’
Who is Huck published by?
TCO - and independent publisher and creative agency established in 2006
What three magazines does TCO publish?
Huck, Little White Lies, Sandwich
In 2010, the fourth wave feminism showed
rejection of a traditional gender roles and identities. Shows that patriarchy damages men too.
What does the fourth wave feminism emphasise?
intersectionality - the intersecting systems of power. more inclusive etc women of colour, lgbt+ people
Huck also reflects the rise in the 2010s..
grassroots activism - where people organise at a local level in their communitiesto effect social change + justice
In the last decade Huck has expanded from..
solely print to converging across platforms
Huck now calls themselves..
a digital-first publisher that tells its stories across several different platforms
Huck is not widely available…
in mainstream print outlets, sold more in storefronts.
Woman’s Realm was a..
British Weekly magazine targeting women published between 1958 and 2001
Woman’s realm was published by…
IPC Media (established in 1963) as a holding company ( a company established to buy existing companies)
IPC established itself as..
a mass distributor of magazine publications, dominating magazine readership
In 2001, IPC was bought out by….
Time Warner, now a global media distributor, who said it would ‘‘help us better leverage our global porfolio
Post World War 2 saw an..
unprecedented economic boom - active attempt to improve living standards
At the same time as WW2, there was a huge boom in…
Ppopulation, as a result of couples starting families during the war - large teenage population by the 1960’s
Alongside this demographic became useful with the advent of pop culture, most famously…?
The Beatles
The 1960’s was a time of…
social change with a rise of counter culture
First wave feminism was all about…
legal barriers to equality focusing on women’s right to vote.
Second wave feminism was about..
challenging social and culturual barriers , focusing on issues such as sex, sexuality, work, family planning etc.
‘The Feminine Mystique’ was written by…
Betty Friedan, in 1963 which was about women trapped by suburban life
One major change in women’s lives was the..
introduction of the contraceptive pill from 1960 in the UK for married women, 1961 for single women.
