IParticipate 6

Vogue Magazine and National Geographic are two magazines that differ in content. Both magazines are based on entirely separate topics, that differ in photography, writing, and advertisements. Vogue is a fashion magazine and National Geographic is a common interest. The stories in Vogue typically talk about fashion, the latest trends, and sometimes life experiences. There is usually a cover story for the person on the cover and an interview with Q&A. Advertisements are from expensive designers such as Michael Kors or Prada. The photographs in Vogue are more edited and usually more artistic. For National Geographic, the stories are usually focused on exotic places around the world or some type of unique species. The advertisements for them are usually for things that would attract readers of this magazine. This could be hiking gear, healthy food, or advertisements for some sort of health supplement. The photographs in National Geographic are more nature based and show pictures of animals, mountains, or anything outdoors.

Advertisements in Vogue are similar to its stories' content in the sense that both deal with fashion, clothing, or looking your best. Advertisements in National Geographic somewhat relate to their stories. The advertisements are more focused on "down to earth" things rather than materialistic things. In both magazines, I think majority of the advertisements are placed towards the front of magazine. Before one reaches the actual stories, they have to flip through a series of pages of just ads. Both magazines are well in lined with their content and appear to attract the appropriate age group with their advertisements.

For both magazines, I do not think the advertisements influence the magazine's content. From a reader's perspective, it looks as though they are simply just advertisements. For both of these magazines I think is a balance between editorial content and advertisements. I would say National Geographic does a better job at having that balance, where Vogue seems to have a heavy ad content. In some ways, Vogue appears to be more concerned with attracting business rather than providing good content. National Geographic does a good job at finding a happy medium by featuring a wide variety of stories in each issue as well as ads.