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Magazines

Magazines are a significant form of mass media that consist of articles and stories, often accompanied by illustrations. They evolved from newspapers and catalogs in the 1600s and provide a variety of information on topics such as business, culture, and hobbies, while also entertaining readers. There are different types of magazines, including children's, hobby, intellectual, men's, and women's magazines, each focusing on specific interests and demographics.

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Magazines

Magazines are a significant form of mass media that consist of articles and stories, often accompanied by illustrations. They evolved from newspapers and catalogs in the 1600s and provide a variety of information on topics such as business, culture, and hobbies, while also entertaining readers. There are different types of magazines, including children's, hobby, intellectual, men's, and women's magazines, each focusing on specific interests and demographics.

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MAGAZINES

Magazine is one of the major mass media. Magazine is a


collection of articles and stories. Usually magazines also contain
illustrations.

The earliest magazines developed from newspapers and


booksellers catalogs. Such catalogs first appeared during the
1600's in France. In the 1700's pamphlets published at regular
intervals appeared in England and America. They were literary
publications. One of the first British magazines «The Gentleman's
Magazine» was published from 1731 to 1914. The first American
magazine was called the «American Magazine», or «A Monthly
View».

Magazines provide information on a wide range of topics such as


business, culture, hobbies, medicine, religion, science, and
sports. Some magazines entertain their readers with fiction,
poetry, photography or articles about TV, or movie stars.

Magazines are designed to be kept for a longer time in


comparison to newspapers and that is why they are printed on
better paper and have covers. Magazines, unlike newspapers, do
not focus on daily, rapidly changing events.

There are specialized magazines intended for special business,


industrial and professional groups, and consumer magazines
intended for general public. There are several kinds of consumer
magazines.

Children's magazines contain stories, jokes, articles on subjects


especially interesting for children and instructions for making
games or useful items.

Hobby magazines are intended for collectors of coins, stamps,


and other items; people interested in certain sports or games;
photography enthusiasts.

Intellectual magazines provide analysis of current cultural and


political events. Many of them publish fiction and poetry as well.
Men's magazines focus on such topics as adventure,
entertainment, men's fashion and sports.

Women's magazines deal with child-raising, fashion trends,


romance. They offer ideas on cooking and home decorating.
Many of the monthlies with big circulations are women's
magazines.

QUESTIONS

1. What did magazines develop from?

2. What is the name of the first US magazine?

3. What kinds of information do magazines provide?

4. What is the difference in contents between a magazine and a


newspaper?

5. What kind of magazines are there?

6. What do they deal with?

VOCABULARY
magazine — журнал

mass media — засоби масової інформації

article — стаття

story — розповідь

pamphlet — брошура

publication — видання

topic — тема

to entertain — розважати

fiction — художній твір

poetry — поезія

cover — обкладинка

to focus — зосереджуватися

rapidly — швидко

to be intended — призначатися

consumer magazines — масові журнали

collector — колекціонер

coin — монета

stamp — поштова марка

photography enthusiast — фотолюбитель

current — поточний

event — подія

adventure — пригода
fashion — мода

child-raising — виховання дітей

fashion trends — тенденції в моді

monthly — щомісячне видання

circulation — тираж

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