Why researching Genre is important.

For this specific task, I wanted to find out why genre is so important within music magazines in media. I understood that magazines had to be different from one another, be it the colours, the artists or genre. In addition to this, if two or more magazines have a similar layout, colours and genre then it would make it harder for the publishers to earn money as it would not look appealing to the consumers eye.

                                       



                          
From doing this task, I found some interesting aspects in the reasons why genre is so important in magazines. Most of the reasons come down to audience reaction in the way that they may or may not buy a specific magazine. I understand now that without a genre, a magazine would not have a personality and would therefore not be purchased by consumers on a shop floor. Knowing this has helped me develop more of an understanding of how genre works and why it is important. From this I will take on the concept of how genre works and will apply it to my own magazine in the near future.