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 — средства массовой информации

article — статья

story — рассказ

pamphlet — брошюра

publication — издание         

topic — тема

to entertain — развлекать

fiction — художественное произведение

poetry — поэзия

cover — обложка

to focus — сосредоточиваться

rapidly — быстро

to be intended — предназначаться

consumer magazines — массовые журналы

collector — коллекционер

соin — монета

costamp — почтовая марка

photography enthusiast — фотолюбитель

current — текущий

event — событие

adventure — приключение

fashion — мода

child-raising — воспитание детей

fashion trends — тенденции в моде

monthly — ежемесячное издание

circulation — тираж