Magazines

Magazines are another source of research, you can get different types of magazine like gossip magazines e.g. Hello, OK, you can get formal e.g. Which?, and sport and many more. First you need to know what you want to find out, if you want to learn something or read more into a subject formal magazines are good, you can go on the internet and look for magazine, or go to the shop, and just read them to find out your information.
I found looking at other magazines and analysing them to help me when it comes to making my magazine was really helpful, if you can identify what is good and effective in another magazine and what attracts you to read that magazine then it will help your magazine achieve this because you know what to include to make it effective.

Benefits:

• Interesting to read 
• They don't get boring
• There is a variety of different magazines to read
• Different opinions in different magazine, so they give you different point of views about a subject

Limitations:

• Information isn't accurate as it someone's opinion 
• Hard to find exactly what you are looking for 
• They are not free 

I will use magazines in my research by analysing 5 technology based magazines so I can gather some further information on what the codes and conventions are of  technology magazine, I get some inspiration of some top magazine companies, that will hopefully make my magazine better.