Response iii- Magazine Lecture

Response iii- Magazine Lecture I learned a lot from the lecture today. Miller discussed the Newseum, a museum in Washington, DC that I really enjoy visiting. I felt like I already knew that Benjamin Franklin made the first magazine, surprisingly. It was known as "General Magazine", and was known to be a collection of "a little something for everybody". What fascinates me are the innovations of magazines, some being photojournalism, personality profile, and long-form investigative journalism. This lecture taught me a lot, and I did not realize that magazines were so important in advertisement and journalism. I think the most interesting thing that I found out was the concept of how people became literate simply to be able to read magazines, as there was sort of a cultural conversation happening between everybody. Magazines were also an excellent way to advertise, and became a way for poets and such to become famous through this concept. I also how everything in magazines was made with a purpose, for a specific audience that can comprehend what was said and written for them.