List of men's magazines
This is a list of magazines primarily marketed to men. The list has been split into subcategories according to the target audience of the magazines. This list includes both 'adult' magazines as well as more mainstream ones. Not included here are automobile and gadget magazines, many of which are primarily aimed towards men.
General male audience
These publications appeal to a broad male audience. Some skew toward men's fashion, others to health. Most are marketed to a particular age and income demographic. In the U.S., some are marketed mainly to a specific ethnic group, such as African Americans or Hispanics.
Ethnic men's magazines
African/Afro-Caribbean American men's magazines
Latin American men's magazines
Gay male audience
Also refer to List of LGBT periodicals
Lads' mags
Lads', Lads, or Laddie mags (magazines) (known exclusively as men's magazines in English-speaking North America) contain non-nude photography (or bare-breasted photography in the case of some British "lads' mags"), accompanied by articles about women (usually models or actresses); consumer stories about cars, tools, toys, foods, alcoholic beverages; or "guy tales" of sexual encounters.
Pornographic magazines
These publications contain content of a sexual nature including nude photography.
Sports magazines
See also
References
- ^ Kinetz, Erika (3 September 2006). "Who's the Man? Dave". The New York Times.
Bibliography
- Betrock, Alan. Pin-up mania! : the golden age of men's magazines, 1950-1967. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Shake Books, 1993.
- Jackson, Peter, Nick Stevenson, and Kate Brooks. Making sense of men's magazines. Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2001.
- Stibbe, Arran. "Health and the Social Construction of Masculinity in Men's Health Magazine." Men and Masculinities 7.1 (July 2004), pp. 31–51. Abstract.
External links
- Calcutt, Andrew. Changing the Subject: from the Gentleman’s Magazine to GQ and Barack Obama at maglab.org.uk (November 2009)