What are the three broad genre categories of magazines?

• Organisation magazines or customer magazines: publications are aimed at customers of a particular organisation/company. (e.g. Waitrose Food and Tesco Magazine)
• Business or trade magazines: Publications are aimed at people working in a particular business, trade/profession. (e.g. Marketing Week)
• Consumer Magazines: These publications are aimed at the general public and cover a wide range of interests. They can be aimed at either a wide audience or a target niche audience.

What are the four subgenres of Women’s Magazines?

• Lifestyle magazines (e.g. Glamour and Marie Claire)
• Fashion magazines (e.g.Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar)
• Celebrity magazines (e.g. OK! and Hello!)
• Real-life magazines (e.g. Pick me up! and Chat.)

What repertoire of elements are commonly found in womens magazines?

The content of womens magazines:

• Health and beauty tips
• Fashion spreads
• Celebrity Figures
• Sex and relationship advice
• Recipes and cookery items
• Sewing and knitting patterns
• Fictional stories
• Real-life stories
• Problem pages
• Readers letters
• Horoscopes