Expensive and free, two-hundred-page and similar to a thin booklet, advertising and cultural and educational - the variety of magazines today allows each of us to choose something for himself. True, in such an abundance it won't take long to get confused. Let's understand the typology of magazines in order to understand how to find exactly what you need.
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Instructions
Step 1
All magazines are divided into mass and specialized. This is differentiation by audience type. Magazines from the first group are designed for the maximum number of potential readers, and those from the second - for a relatively narrow circle of "fans".
Step 2
If you want to receive specialized information, choose a publication related to scientific or professional journals. In scientific you will find news, results of research and discoveries, forecasts of the development of science, discussions on the most pressing issues. Information in these journals can cover both the events of academic science, and more "narrowly focused" - industry or university. The language and style of scientific journals is designed for people who have certain knowledge in this area, but for those who are simply interested it will be too difficult to understand.
Step 3
You can also focus on magazines related to a particular profession. They, depending on the type, talk about the theoretical aspects of the development of the profession, about practical innovations, or combine such information, adapting it for a larger number of people. These magazines are usually subscribed to by large companies and government agencies. In addition, the editorial offices themselves sometimes send out their media for free.
Step 4
Bulk magazines are much easier to find on sale or in the library, and sometimes just get them for free from a counter in a business center or cafe. They tend to specialize in one area of life and are often designed for a specific age group. So among the mass ones you can find social and political magazines for serious people and entertaining publications for children, youth magazines about music and women's magazines about fashion and beauty, popular science for schoolchildren and popular science for housewives.
Step 5
If you are not sure that you will like the magazine that you liked on the shelf in the store, look for its website on the Internet and read a few materials.
Step 6
To understand which magazines from the desired segment can be found in your city, go to the library and ask the staff to show all the publications that suit you by type.
