Looking at types of media and their purposes.

As an introduction to media we started to look at the different types. Some of the main media we focused on was magazines. There are various types each with different purposes and audiences. The Internet is another popular type of media especially in the modern day society along with music videos, television and TV adverts. Again TV is watched on a day to day basis therefore it is a primary source of advertising. Other types of media consist of:

Newspapers

Blogs

Films

Social networking

The brief purpose of magazines.

• Inform, entertain, advise

•In most magazines you will find....A contents page, articles, images, adverts, quizzes, horoscopes, advice, real-life stories.

•Types of magazines... Football, fashion, sports, music, health, cars, gossip.