Magazines

Recently our class had a lecture on magazines. The lecture was fairly tolerable; in my opinion, it wasn't the most pleasant lecture to to sit through-- it was lengthy for the most part and completely descripritive.

The discussion was about the start of the magazine industry. Benjamin Franklin created the General Magazine. Even though the magazine couldn't hold, it brought forth the idea of an article that had more content and more photojournalism than that of a newspaper. It was revolutionizing in the journalism business.

The saga of magazine success was continued by the Saturday Evening Post. This magazine was more successful than the previous, and was a combination of many difderent subjects. The advantage of having more content and make it more unbiased. Therefore, there was a larger audience because it as cheaper and diverse.

The reason the lecture seemed a little bit flat was perhaps because personally the subject of magazines is not that  interesting. The lecturer himself was not to blame; he gave plenty of enthusiasm toward the subject. It was, however, a little less climactic after such a pleasant conversation about newspaper.