Magazine Project Genre Research 1
Smithsonian- Building the Future
The cover of the magazine is very dark with bright blue and white lettering drawing attention to the topics. It has a very futuristic look to it as the main article is about robots. There is a single image of a man standing and a robot leg in the middle with text around the outside giving it a simplistic look.
The main articles in the magazine are about the work being done to progress the future. Some of the titles include "Thinking Outside the Bots" on page 66 which is about a write going to Korea and see their new robots they have been developing and "Life Without End" on page 44 which discusses a current increase in people working to "cure" death. There is also articles about vacationing in space which is on page 32 and more.
Most advertisements in the magazine are about medication, cars, jewelry, and travel deals. These are all between pages 88 to 102 and pages 1 to 31. This shows that the magazine is likely targeted to adults and seniors. They make up the bulk of the beginning and end of the magazine while the articles are in the middle of it. Some advertisements make up a while page while on other pages there are 4 or 5 ads.
The distribution/ circulation number for the Smithsonian is 1,840,077. It has also been nominated for many awards in the past few years. In 2016, they were the best magazine website twice and won People's Voice Award. In 2017, they were the best news and magazine website and had many other awards. In 2018, they won two Communicator Awards and two W3 Awards.
The cover of the magazine is very dark with bright blue and white lettering drawing attention to the topics. It has a very futuristic look to it as the main article is about robots. There is a single image of a man standing and a robot leg in the middle with text around the outside giving it a simplistic look.
The main articles in the magazine are about the work being done to progress the future. Some of the titles include "Thinking Outside the Bots" on page 66 which is about a write going to Korea and see their new robots they have been developing and "Life Without End" on page 44 which discusses a current increase in people working to "cure" death. There is also articles about vacationing in space which is on page 32 and more.
Most advertisements in the magazine are about medication, cars, jewelry, and travel deals. These are all between pages 88 to 102 and pages 1 to 31. This shows that the magazine is likely targeted to adults and seniors. They make up the bulk of the beginning and end of the magazine while the articles are in the middle of it. Some advertisements make up a while page while on other pages there are 4 or 5 ads.
The distribution/ circulation number for the Smithsonian is 1,840,077. It has also been nominated for many awards in the past few years. In 2016, they were the best magazine website twice and won People's Voice Award. In 2017, they were the best news and magazine website and had many other awards. In 2018, they won two Communicator Awards and two W3 Awards.
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