Media Education Course
Unit 4: MAKE IT GLOSSY “Beauty magazines make my girlfriend feel ugly” (James De La Vega)
1. WHAT‟S INSIDE? Think about what types of information you can find in a magazine and complete the spidergram below:
Magazines
In pairs, choose one magazine and investigate how many pages are given to each of the following areas:
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– News – Gossip – Horoscopes – Letters – Advertisements – Competitions – Reviews – Other Create a pie chart to show the ingredients of your magazine. Discuss the pie charts as a class. What are the differences in ingredients between the different types of magazines?
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