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WorksheetsPrinted Matters - Magazines
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
_________ = person who starts the magazine ($ and ideas)
Editor
Writer
Publisher
Producer
_______ = general responsibility for content (approves or rejects ideas/content)
Writers
Editor
Producer
Blogsmith
_________ = work for self and submit articles for magazines to buy
Street Writer
Freelance
Gatekeeper
Blogger
Like all media, most money comes from the __________.
readership
sale of product
advertisers
circulation
Focused (__________) magazines can get the right audience for advertisers.
specialized
circulation
photography
freelance
What is another word for a magazine?
newspaper
pamphlet
periodical
novel
What is a magazine?
a publication usually issued daily, weekly, or at other regular times that provides news, views, features, and other information of public interest and that often carries advertising
a collection of texts (essays, articles, stories, poems), often illustrated, that is produced at regular intervals
poetry and prose
documents that have been printed
Magazines are meant to...
appeal to particular interests
cover recent news
cover every topic for a society
only entertain
One of the earliest magazines was isssued in the...
1400s
2000s
1900s
1600s
Magazines can contain information on...
only political matters or current affairs
fields of intellectual/academic interest only
specifically entertainment and family enjoyment
political matters, current affairs (news), particular fields of academic interest, entertainment, family enjoyment, or social affairs
What is a "zine" or "e-zine"?
a self-published small magazine for a small audience; an "e-zine" is published electronically
other names for a magazine
an advertisement put in a magazine
a "zine" is a printed copy of a magazine while an "e-zine" is a magazine published online
What benefits did magazines gain from the technological advancements of the late 19th and 20th centuries?
more readily available paper, less advertisement required, more generalization of topics, less illustrations, and niche marketing
the ability to write and publish online
inexpensive paper, addition of advertisements, greater specialization of topics, more illustrations, mass-market magazines, and more magazines for women
more interesting topics to write about
Which of the following are popular magazines around the world? (there's more than 1 correct answer)
Vogue
People
Time
National Geographic
Which of the following is not a magazine type?
general interest (cover a wide variety of topics and are written for a general audience)
editorials (written by the editorial staff from a specific perspective and offering views on an issue)
special interest (covers topics which are more specific to a particular audience)
professional interest (professional and educative in nature because they contain content for specific or niche groups of people within a field)
