Magazine Analysis

The magazine that I choose to analyze during class is J-14. When I did the Fry Graph, it estimated that my magazine is written for people between the ages of 16-17; ironically "J-14" is short for "Just 14". It goes to show that even if a magazine has a lot of pictures and colors, it can still publish articles that attract older audiences. The Fry Graph for estimating Reading Ages estimated the average reading average of my magazine between 16-17 years of age. It is kind of ironic that the magazine title is "J-14" and is targeted for young teens. The magazine had a ratio of 30 advertising pages to 80 magazine-related information. It goes to show that even if a magazine is full of pictures it is still relating to the subject that it is trying to get across. The student next to me had a magazine about volleyball which had a ratio 24 advertisements to 26 volleyball related items.

Citation for Charts

Sacco, Al. "Mobile WorkHorse." CIO. CIO, 2 Oct. 2012. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.

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Owen, Lauren H. "Ebooks Made up 20% of the U.S. Consumer Book Industry in 2012, up from 15% in 2011 — PaidContent." PaidContent. PaidContent, 15 May 2013. Web. 23 Oct. 2013.

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How Does Music Effect You?

Music is something that is of high interest to me. I incorporate music into my daily life, it is playing when I am in the shower, doing homework and even when I am in the hallways. In our society, today’s music is always changing. The topic of music impacts each individual person on a different level and since music is such a big part of my life, I was wondering how it affected other people. I asked some students of Norton High School a question: How do students feel like listening to music while doing their homework helps them in comparison to the students who feel like it does not?

​The experiment that I conducted was pretty plain and simple. It was just three questions: Do you listen to music while you do your homework? Do you listen to certain types of music for different subjects? How does the music help you complete your work? For the students who do not listen to music while doing their homework I had them list two reasons why they do not listen to music while they complete their work. I interviewed seven students and they all felt the same about the topic. Six out of seven people that I interviewed said that they did listen to music while they did their homework. “’It helps me focus,”’ One student Lauren wrote “’ When I’m not in the mood to do it.”’ Another student said “’It keeps me awake.”’ The one student who said that they do not listen to music stated: “’It distracts me and keeps me from completing my work.”’ When I re-looked at my data I saw that there was no difference between the males and females on their opinions in the subject. So from all this data I gathered, I came to the conclusion that the majority of students like to listen to music while doing their homework.

​When I asked the students if they listen to different types of music for different subjects I got a wide variety of answers. One student said “Country for every subject.” And two other students did not specify what genre they listen to but it is the same for all subjects. So every person is different when they come to music. Some people like to listen to music while they complete their work and some do not.

How do students feel like listening to music while doing their homework helps them, in comparison to the students who feel like it does not?