Journal of Yaşar University

Yazarlar: İlker ERDOGAN

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DOI:10.19168/jyu.60064

Anahtar Kelimeler:Men’s magazines,GQ,Turkey,Text,Reader,Reception

Özet: Reader research on men’s magazines has provided significant findings about magazine reading practice of readers. This study aims to make sense of important similarities and harmony between features of magazine texts focusing on the dialectic of content and pleasure, and magazine reading practice as a social practice situated in everyday life. To this end, it analyzes texts in August 2013 of GQ Turkey magazine that is selected for reception analysis, and receptions of readers. It’s examined the relationship between magazine texts and magazine reading practice in this study which is adopted a methodological approach which combines textual analysis and reception analysis. Magazine texts are analyzed through reader-guided textual analysis method, reader receptions are analyzed through a questionnaire survey and in-depth interviews with magazine readers. Finally, there are similarities between textual features of GQ Turkey magazine and receptions of readers. Those similarities are based on popularity of contents in GQ Turkey magazine, also everyday life practices of readers correspond to popular contents

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