1. Magazines
Mass Media
Aiden Yeh, PhD
Wenzao Ursuline College of
Languages

2. Kinds of Magazines
• Women’s magazines
• Men’s magazines
• Parenting magazines
• House magazines
• Wedding magazines
• Cars Enthusiasts’ magazines
• Sports magazines
• Travel magazines
• Etc.

3. Front Cover

4. Magazine Titles
• Should give information about content
• Should suggest a type of person or
lifestyle (market niche)

5. Find the Market Niche

9. Coverlines Pronunciation Features
• Uses rhyming words
• Uses alliteration
(words that begin the
same consonant)

10. Examples of Coverlines
• Make your house clean & green!
• Get it fit and fabulous!
The best exercise for brides-to-be!
• Fun in the Sun:
ten top holiday destinations

11. • Browse stories
in this magazine
for samples
http://ue1a.pbworks.com/w/page/5802373/April2009_Ezine

12. • Browse stories in
this magazine for
samples
http://ue1a.pbworks.com/w/page/5802426/Trends

13. Midterm Project
• Creating your own E-zine
• Decide on the following:
– Title of your magazine
– Market niche
– At least 5 full articles (stories) that would be good for
your edition
– Articles can be descriptive, narrative, process,
argumentative types of writing
– Original Photoshoots and illustrations (if needed); if
online resources are used, make sure to name
appropriate references
– Articles are to be shared and edited using google docs
– Decide on who’s doing what

14. Practicing with Rome Adobe
http://rome.adobe.com/tutorials/getting_started.html#10

15. 50-minute Workshop
http://rome.adobe.com/tutorials/layoutText.html