Historical research

Magazine publication goes back all the way to the 17th century, when literacy and philosophy magazine was published in Germany 1663. Then in London 1731, their was the first general-inters magazine. Then in 1842, The Illustrated London News was the first illustrated magazine. This is just an example of how times have changed and adapted, also the success of magazines. In Britain the oldest consumer magazine is The Scots Magazine, which is still being published today it was first published in 1739.
Their are trends in all these magazines, they all have the same aim. This is to attract an audience and produce a magazine with topics to keep the reader interested. Even though back when magazines were produced there was limited topics and magazines themselves. Whereas today, you can pretty much have a magazine on any genre you wish. Another point to make is know-how technology is tying in with magazines. There are magazine websites and also now digital magazines when you can get copies of your magazines digitally. Magazines can be identified by their different budgets for example there are clear differences with magazines by the quality of the magazine, the images, the language used and also the genre. For example TV and gossip magazines, tend to have a quiet low budget. Whereas you can look at magazines such as Rolling Stone, which has a much more, high quality look and value. However all magazines do tend to follow the same conventions, with the images that attract their target audience and common features on a magazine such as big bold masthead, colour schemes etc.
My genre of magazine is a regional magazine, these have changed in many ways as they adapt to trends and what is going on in that region. For example Cornwall Life, is a magazine that produces topics on the events and views of Cornwall. However if there are different events and new trends in Cornwall, the magazine adapts to this. The magazine however does have an overall theme and style that it stays traditional to. It has a very traditional style in the sense that it fits with traditional Cornish culture. The images, the fonts and the style all have similar that relates Cornish heritage, the pictures of the beaches, harbours and families on the front represents Cornwall as a whole, as its one of the most popular tourist destinations.