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Magazine Project Research

Magazine 3: Men's Health

The cover of the magazine utilizes the subject in the cover photo, Michael Dubree. Like most other magazines, the subject of the cover photo interacts with the title by being in front of the text, but the text still remains in front of the background. Rough textures are used for the cover to give off a masculine feel for the magazine, since it is Men's Health. The articles in the magazine all deal with men's health, hence the name of the magazine, Men's health. There are a lot of articles about nutrition or even exercise, which are all meant to help men improve their physical and mental health. Also, there is even articles about relationship advice. These all appear throughout all sections of the magazine. Advertisements in this magazine are of no relation to the magazine. There are ads about beer, coffee, and even beef jerky. These occur throughout various parts of the magazine on their own, separate pages. In the table of contents, are pictures of muscular guys which give snippets of what to expect within the articles themselves. The articles also contain pictures of guys working out, but the others relating to nutrition have pictures of healthy foods. The amount of magazines that are distributed are 71 million. Men's Health has also received the James Beard Award for Cooking, Recipes, or Instruction.

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