Reading Women's Magazines by Joke Hermes

The book provides both a detailed analysis of a particular media genre and an excellent introduction to the role of media products in the day-to-day lives of individuals. While based on original ethnographic research, this book also covers a broad spectrum from Woman, Woman's Own and Cosmopolitan to feminist magazines and gossip magazines. Joke Hermes is the author of Re-Reading Popular Culture (3.00 avg rating, 10 ratings, 0 reviews, published 2005), Reading Womens Magazines (3.50 avg rat. Readers are, on occasion, empowered by magazines, which may provide them with the opportunity to imagine 'perfect selves.' She explores the ways in which individuals use media products in their daily lives, as well as the interpretative repertoires they employ in order to make sense of media texts.ĭrawing on extensive interviews with readers (both women and men), Hermes shows that, for many readers, women's magazines are a genre that helps pass empty time, that are easily put aside when other things need to be done and that sometimes offer stories or information that may strengthen the reader for a while. In this highly innovative study, Joke Hermes examines women's magazines through the eyes of their readers.

But what do readers think? Why do they read them, how do they read them and what role do they play in their lives? The book provides both a detailed analysis of a particular media genre and an excellent introduction to the role of media products in the day-to-day lives of individuals.Almost everyone has an opinion about women's magazines. Periodical publications are easily read and easily forgotten. While based on original ethnographic research, this book also covers a broad spectrum from Woman, Woman's Own and Cosmopolitan to feminist magazines and gossip magazines. Reading Women's Magazines: An Analysis of Everyday Media Use Wiley This book focuses on womens magazines, on how they are read and the role they play in their readers lives. Joke Hermes and Penny Tinkler encountered a similar reluctance among Dutch and English women. Almost everyone has an opinion about women's magazines.

Reading Women's Magazines by Joke Hermes