Brief Background : Cosmopolitan Magazine Cosmopolitan is one of the leading international women’s lifestyle magazine‚ founded by Schlicht & Field in 1886 in U.S.A. Hearst Magazine is a part of Hearst Corporation‚ which publishes Cosmopolitan. It publishes 24 magazines in UK through subsidiary ’Hearst Magazines UK’. Cosmopolitan is also know as Cosmo‚ it is one of the oldest magazines in the world. The target group of the magazine are housewives’‚ working women‚ first jobbers and students
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Cosmopolitan magazine plays an important role in American Pop culture influencing women all across the United States. With catchy headlines on the covers of their magazines such as “UNTAMED VA-JAY-JAYS” and “What Men Find HOT” Cosmopolitan magazine focuses on the idea of American beauty and women’s sexuality. Because Cosmopolitan magazine displays provocative images of American Beauty while promoting sexual promiscuity allows the magazine to remain popular in American Culture today which is resulting
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Cosmopolitans and locals "If there were only locals in the world‚ world culture would be no more than the sum of its separate parts". Hannerz 1990:249 Ulf Hannerz (1990) argues that the world culture is created through the increasing interconnectedness of varied local cultures where people connect in different ways. He uses Robert Merton’s cosmopolitan-local distinctions in a global context‚ to describe how people identify themselves with the global or not. The term `cosmopolitan’ is often used
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can image that traditional women had to stay at home and old-fashioned in the past. The roles of society during 1940 to 1960‚ men were forced to fight in World War II‚ thousands of women had to stand for themselves. Some of them had not heard homecoming from their partner. They were alone‚ lack of confidence and unrealized nature of life. But everything has changed since she stepped up to Cosmopolitan magazine as an editor in Hearst Corporation Company. She expressed to audience was sexually centre
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In The Cosmopolitan Canopy‚ the author‚ Elijah Anderson‚ discusses and describes public areas in the city of Philadelphia‚ where diverse groups of people can mingle and relax in peace‚ despite their differences. Anderson refers to these public spaces as “cosmopolitan canopies.” According to the author‚ who has lived and worked in different areas of Philadelphia for over 30 years‚ the city is more racially‚ ethnically‚ and socially diverse than ever and is full of “canopies‚” which allows strangers
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London is one of the most glamorous cities in the world leading in architecture and finance. It has become a vibrant cosmopolitan metropolis. A city that is a financial hub for business and a global tourist attraction holds urban spectacles that are “multi-dimensional” (Gotham 226). Cities of this sort also evoke characteristics that connect with the concept of ‘movement and vision’. With the entire activity taking place within London‚ it has to be a city of rhythm‚ harmony‚ and melody. All three
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Economist in 2008. Among other research articles‚ he is an author of “The Cosmopolitan Corporation’ published in Harvard Business Review’ in May 2011. In his short thesis‚ Ghemawat claims that the global approach to the business mangement many thinkers adopt is wrong. According to his dissertation “the vast majority of firms are deeply rooted in their home countries’. That is why‚ it is crucial to endorse cosmopolitan attitude of understanding and working with cultural‚ political and economic
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THE DISADVANTAGES OF COMPUTERS IN SOCIETY Less Human Interactions Computers have made it possible for people to work alone on tasks on which they would need to collaborate with others if they were to have to do them manually‚ such as inputting figures in books of accounts. Because of this‚ the work environment in offices is such that all workers concentrate on just looking at the computer with little interaction with colleagues. Computers have therefore reduced the level of interaction among
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time period. For example‚ in a society today that is so based on sexual activity and partying‚ it wouldn’t be uncommon for a magazine company that was targeting a younger age group to exploit those interests. In contrast‚ for a magazine company that was targeting an older age group‚ it wouldn’t be uncommon for the magazine writers to exploit the interests of older women‚ such as appearing younger and dressing in modest clothing. Both “Woman’s Day” and “Cosmopolitan” are examples of magazine companies
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History of Cosmopolitan Magazine Until the early 1800s‚ Woman’s Magazines were unknown and even unthought-of. That is until Sarah Josepha Hale‚ editor of Ladies’ Magazine and Godey’s Lady’s Book‚ pushed the envelope (History of Magazines Slideshow Part 1‚ Slide 6). When Cosmopolitan was first published in 1886‚ transforming from a ‘family magazine’‚ surprisingly‚ to even a literary magazine. Although‚ it wasn’t primarily a Woman’s Magazine till 1960‚ changing the industry with its more risqué
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