Magazines

          I could never wrap my head around the reason for magazines, but the lecture in class really cleared that up for me. In my past, nebulous mind I thought the sole purpose of magazines was to entertain. Although magazines do entertain, I learned that in the past, magazines were targeted towards a vast audience. Clearly this concept has changed, but I am glad I acquired this information because I also thought magazines were originally created towards a specific group of people like they are currently. In addition, I admire the way we dug deeper into the statement that magazines contained a national audience. For example, I learned even the alliterate engaged in magazines which affected the literacy rate in a positive way. It came as a shock to me how magazines gave alliterate children the opportunity to go home and teach their parents how to read! This also came off as irony in a way because usually my parents help me with homework. That is the reason why I love how the class dives deeper into a concept because I end up learning something interesting. Plus, I was riveted that this once insignificant form of media to me led to the innovations of a national identity for the U.S, national advertising, photo journalism, personality profile, long form investigative journalism, and serialized fiction! This lecture not only cleared up magazines for me, but also the significance of them.