Task 4: Essay Research

Five Magazines Aimed at Teenage Girls

1. Bliss
2. Girl Talk
3. Seventeen
4. Sugar
5. Mizz

Bliss-(http://www.mybliss.co.uk/lovestuff/love)

Bliss is a monthly British magazine aimed at teenage girls, retailing at £2.75 and often comes with a gift such as make-up or a bag. The content covers candid celebrity gossip, latest fashions, hair and make-up looks, a problem page on puberty, boyfriends, friends and sex, interview with the female celebrity cover girl, entertainment reviews, romance advice, psychology for friendships and real-life stories.

Girl Talk-(http://www.girltalkmagazine.com)

Girl Talk is a magazine in Britain. The BBC publishes the magazine, which is nationally distributed. The target audience is girls from the ages of 7 to 12. It features a free gift and retails at £2.75.

Seventeen-(http://www.seventeen.com)
Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was the first teen magazine established in the United States.The magazine's reader base is 12–19 year-old females.It began as a publication geared towards inspiring teen girls to become role models in work and citizenship.Soon after its debut, Seventeen took a more fashion and romance-oriented approach in presenting their material, while still maintaining their model of promoting self-confidence in young women. It was first published in September 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. Free gift. £3.99

Sugar-(http://www.seventeen.com)

Sugar was a British magazine for teenage girls published by Hachette Filipacchi. Its content focused on boys, fashion,celebrities, real-life stories about teenagers and other similar matters. The editor, when it closed, was Annabel Brog.The brand lives on through the website Sugarscape. Aimed at females 16-24, it is currently edited by Kate Lucey. First made in October 1994. Free gift. £2.00

Mizz-(http://www.mizz.com/obj/index.php)

Mizz Magazine is a magazine published in the United Kingdom, and is aimed at teenage and pre-teen girls (usually to those between the ages of 11 and 14). Mizz incorporates pages of fashion; displaying clothing trends, using models ranging from 12 to 16 years old. It encourages its readers to write in about events in their life, varying from serious to comic issues. It also contains information about celebrities in a 'gossip' form. The magazine also includes information on how to deal with teenage issues related to puberty, hygiene, friends and relationships. It has a range of competitions and quizzes and posters. It comes out once a fortnight and often comes with freebies (gifts). £2.62

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References: ALL magazine covers from Google Images; ALL magazine synopsis from Wikipedia.

To look further read:
http://voices.yahoo.com/popular-teen-magazines-their-possible-effect-on-35176.html
&
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/4990907/Teen-magazines-are-sexualising-readers-says-watchdog.html