The contrast of editorial (magazine's) content of the 21st century in relation to the content of magazines pre 21st century in relation to the first thing's first manifesto , focussing around advertisements and the capitalism society.
Old content to new content and how new magazines contain about 90% advertisements yet you have to pay for it.
GQ vs Edexcel?
Compare old to new?
Sources...
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http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/3852/
This quantitative study analyzed 1,358 male-only advertisements in five American magazines. GQ, Esquire, Playboy, Rolling Stone, and Sports Illustrated were analyzed from 2004 to 2009. Esquire (12%) had the lowest percentage of ethnic minority advertisements, followed by GQ (16%), Rolling Stone (30%), Playboy (32%), and Sports Illustrated (35%). However, Esquire (88%) and GQ (84%) had the highest percentages of Caucasian male models of the five magazines. Furthermore, Esquire (60%) and GQ (47%) had the highest percentages of expensive product advertisements, while GQ (7%) also had the least expensive. GQ (630) and Esquire (397) had the most male-only advertisements of the five magazines. In contrast, Playboy (59) had the lowest number of male-only advertisements. This study showed that ethnic minorities continue to be underrepresented as male models in print advertisements.
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http://thefutureofpublishing.com/industries/the-future-of-magazines/
