Magazines

Magazines are a part of the medias way of  telling stories about people, or stories about things that happen around the world. The images that I see on magazines are those of celebrities. The images are good but often times they are bad. Sometimes they seem realistic, but sometimes they dont because the magazine writers often exagerate the idea of celebrities. The headlines can destroy the image of these people. Not often do you see a magazine where celebrites are congradulated for doing the right things. Soon as they do something bad or anything bad happens the whole world begins to know about it. These headlines can be positive at times but I believe they are mainly negative. Yes I believe diversity is represented because all celebrities are exposed for different things. However, its not just celebrities; everyone and everything is being exposed in these magazines. The balance between gossip and reality is not really equal. In magazines there is way more gossip than reality. Women are presented with all the bad images. I say this because whenever a woman does something wrong it's everywhere. Not only is it everywhere but their stories are also molded into something that in the begining it wasnt. Women are often times stereotyped because its ok for men to do things but when a woman does it, it's a problem. Men always seem to get the easy way out of things. I don't believe there is much diversity in the images because of the stereotype on women. The magazine that stands out to me is Ebony because to me it gives women courage and it really doesnt talk bad about the celebrities. Yes I want to buy them because they can be encouraging and they sometimes seem very hopeful. On the inside I see stories and headlines about African Americans. The stories draw me in because it often takes away that stereotype of women. The advertising is pretty good; not too shabby. In my opinion I believe this is what people want because noone wants to see all the bad stuff about celebrities, they want to see when someone is doing something good.