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The origins of magazines in Britain go back to the sixteenth century when book publishers saw business opportunities in producing low cost reading material which would have popular appeal and would attract the interest of the wider public.
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The origins of magazines in Britain go back to the sixteenth century when book publishers saw business opportunities in producing low cost reading material which would have popular appeal and would attract the interest of the wider public. With the advancement in printing technologies and photography, single sheet pamphlets and cheaply bound books evolved into the glossy magazines of today. The content of magazines has changed (most noticeably in the last fifty years) alongside the changes in society. Price (1998) points out Women's magazines in the 1950's mainly focussed on articles about maintaining the home and cooking. The birth of popular culture in the 1960's made fashion and music major topics in magazines aimed at youth audiences and by the 1980's and 1990's, women's independence was more represented in magazines such as Cosmopolitan.1 The mid 1990's saw the rise of the 'lads' magazine aimed at 16-25 year old males, discussing...
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