Myles' Blog

 

In this blog I learnt about the purposes of magazines. Although a brief blog, I learnt a lot from it. I learnt that there are three purposes which are 'paid, free and controlled' and what they mean. I found the free magazines the most interesting becuase I find the reasoning behind it clever and the way it works. In my next blogs I could add pictures of what I am writing about to make it more interactive to the readers.

 

I enjoyed learning about the history of magazines. I found the evolution of magazines very interesting. My favourite part of the topic was photojournalism because I find the way that technology has changed magazines and the way magazines have adapted fascinating. From an improvement point of view, I could have added more photos relating to sections of the blog. I could have also used voice recordings and other ways to share the information. In my next blog I aim to me more creative with the way I present it and show off my personality within it.

  A brief history of Magazine publishing History Magazines were not originally used for entertainment. They were originally used for sharing information and news. The new technology changes affected the way magazines were published massively. The format of magazines were different to how they are today, they used to come in forms of information sheets and pamphlets. 1660 Johanne Wrist produced the first magazine in 1663. This magazine was later followed by two further magazines in 1665. Denis de Sallo published his French journal ‘Des Scavans’ and ‘The royal society’s English philosophical transactions’. A further magazine called ‘Giomale de’letterati’ by an Italian named Francesco Nazzari in 1668. 1672 In 1672 Jean Donneau introduced the idea of containing short stories within magazines. They published the ‘Perdiodical of amusement’. Following this, the combination of news and pleasurable reading became popular amongst viewers. 18 th century The 18 th century led...