To what sub-genre do the following lifestyle magazines belong? Match the magazine on the left to the correct sub-genre on the right.

Magazine
Sub-genre
  • Men's Health
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Pride
  • Attitude
  • Empire
  • Vogue
  • Hello
  • Huck Magazine
  • Adbusters
  • Men's magazine
  • Women's magazine
  • Women's magazine
  • Gay
  • Leisure
  • Fashion
  • Celebrity
  • Culture
  • Not-for-profit culture magazine

What do you think are the headline topics of lifestyle magazine?

Lifestyle Magazines
Topic
  • Celebrity
  • Fashion
  • Beauty
  • Health
  • Sex
  • Advise
  • Astrology
  • Fiction
  • Lifestyle and gossip of the stars, A list to Z list
  • This section is tailored to the target readership in terms of cost and age
  • Staying beautiful or making yourself more beautiful
  • Keeping fit, getting fitter, losing weight, and healthy eating
  • All the magazines are now direct and personal on sex
  • Often on a huge range of issues – from weight loss to abortion, from fixing your hair to changing careers
  • What affect the stars have on your life
  • Some of the more expensive magazines have an extract from a novel or a specially written story

How would you classify the following magazines? Drag all the sub-genres appropriate to each title.

Attitude Men's Health Vogue Pride
men's magazines women's magazines health and fitness gay leisure fashion decorating and interiors culture

Why do you think some magazines are hybrids of several genres?

What ideology do you think each of these magazines is trying to convey to their readers?