Unit 3 - MAGAZINES

1. What ________ the magazine publish in 1963?
2. ________ prompted a protest outside the electricity station?
3. ________ fell victim to modernization?
4. What ________ gossip papers usually talk about now?
5. Since when ________ Vogue magazine been in the hands of a woman editor?
6. ________ do the editorial staff copy edit the article?
7. What ________ the consequences of the invention of the rotary press?
8. What ________ the publication featured?
9. What ________ HBO release in 2012?
10. ________ must the art director oversee?

The Muckrakers

By the 1900s there were hundreds of thousands of European immigrants living in the United States. They had arrived in the U.S. because many new jobs were being created by industrialization. But these workers were paid abysmally low wages, their working conditions were deplorable, and they often lived in slums.

At the same time, the owners of the companies lived in luxurious homes and their lifestyles were lavish. Not surprisingly, tensions developed between the classes.

Seeing the great injustice, magazine writers began to write articles on the terrible conditions of the immigrants. In the process they uncovered major corporate and political corruption, which in part had been blocking the reforms.

Of course, the journalists who exposed these injustices weren't popular with business or political leaders. This not only made their jobs harder (magazines obviously depend on advertising), but it even made their work dangerous.

President Theodore Roosevelt coined the term muckraker to express his dislike for this form of journalism - a term that could be considered an insult or a compliment, depending on which side  you were.

Other muckraking articles exposed the unsanitary conditions in Chicago's meat packing houses; the corrupt and illegal business practices of John D. Rockefeller and the widespread corruption in the labor unions.

Magazines wrote about the tens of thousands of workers that were injured or made ill by the working conditions, and the many woman who had to turn to prostitution just to feed their families.

So early magazines emerged as a major, even if controversial, force in society and found a solid place with the working class.

adapted from cybercollege.com

1. Focus is ________ than Science Daily.
2. Times magazine  is ________ than  the New Yorker.
3. Good Food has ________ recipes than Gourmet magazine.
4. The ________ magazine in the UK is Nomenus Quarterly.
5. Which is the ________ – Money Week or Cosmopolitan?
6. I prefer Vogue to Woman and Home because it is ________.
7. Advanced photoshop is ________ than Photoshop Creative.
8. Opera Now has ________ articles than Choir and Organ.
9. Beano is ________ than Spongeball.
10. Storybox is ________ than Batman.

1. The main cover line on a magazine cover ________ stand out.
2. When designing a magazine cover you ________ try different colours and styles.
3. Catchwords ________ definitely attract the attention of the reader.
4. A magazine cover designer ________ have problems with the layout.
5. The logo ________ to be the same.
6.  You ________ stick to black or white.
7. You ________ darken or whiten the photo or illustration but it is not obligatory.
8. The title of the article ________ have a bigger font.
9.  You ________ change the style of previous covers because the editor ________ be angry.
10. A grid ________ be helpful if there is room.