Magazine Deifnitions

Magazine Definitions

Genre - basic category of literature or other forms of art/entertainment, e.g. music. So in relation to magazines there could be sports magazines (e.g. Match of the Day), fashion magazines (e.g. VOGUE) or music magazines (e.g. NME)

Sub-Genre - These are when the first basic genre categories are split into further sub-categories. In terms of music magazines this could be that you can have several ‘Indie-Rock’ sub genre magazines (e.g. NME, Q) or ‘Heavy Metal/Rock’ magazines  (e.g. Kerrang)

Hybrid-Genre - Where multiple genres or subgenres are merged/mixed together to create a unique product. Examples of these relating to the music genre could be music/film hybrid-genre (e.g. shout, No Ripcord etc.) or music/fashion hybrid (e.g. Flux, PUSH IT, Topman/Topshop Generation magazine etc.)