Write an Analysis and Argument of magazine titled “Wired”. Also address the following:

1. Answer the following questions:

a. What do suppose the purpose/goal of this magazine is? What does it want its readers to do or think?

b. Who do you imagine are the types of people who would be interested in buying or reading this magazine? How do you know this based on the magazine’s cover?

c. Looking at the cover of the magazine, what strikes your attention? What elements are demanding your attention? How is the potential reader being drawn in?

2-a. Count how many individual ads are in this magazine and create general categories for them.

b. Count and categorize the race, sex, age group, expression/poster, and body type of the people pictured in these ads.

3. Count how many content articles there are in this magazine.

4-a. Introduce your magazine. End with a Thesis statement that includes the title of the magazine, that it is aimed at and what the magazine is arguing.

b. Write a paragraph that follow the introduction, prove your argument about the magazine’s audience. Use the data/numbers/percentages gathered in Step 2-a. to discuss how you know who the magazine is aimed at who you think it is. Using the answers in Step 2-b., specifically analyze what the magazine says about this target audience.

c. Locate your top three Ad Categories. Pick one Ad from the magazine to represent those categories. Discuss three specific ads (one that features your typical person) and for each, do the following

1. Discuss the Surface Meaning, using several specifics from the AD.

2. Discuss the Advertisers Meaning, using several specifics from the AD.

3. Discuss the Cultural/Ideological Meaning of the AD. Think about what IDEAS about our culture the ad is selling or claiming about the audience and the product. This should be the heart of your analysis.

d. Reflect on your data and your analysis. Answer of the following questions.

1. What conclusions can you draw about the general purpose of magazines based on the results of your data?

2. What is the “real” message behind magazine and/or magazine advertisements?

3. So what? What are the social/psychological/cultural ramifications of such media and advertisements?