Outline

1. The subject I am reviwing is Entertainment Weekly. The source of my information is my own personal experience.

2. My thesis statement will state how Entertainment Weekly, for enjoyment purposes, is a well rounded magazine.

3. The criteria are:

Organization: this magazine has a well developed Table of Content, it is very similar in structure every week, and has clearly labeled page numbers.

Content: TV, movie, music and book reviews every week. Plus it has additional articles and week to week editiorials.

Advertisments: While it is no fun to have any ads at all, realistically all magaiznes need them. And EW at least has ads that appeal to their audience. Usually they are car ads or graphic art for known proucts, like Gain (now with Febreeze).

Relevance: The movies, TV shows, music and books are all brand new releases. The articles they focus on are for new rising stars or stars in new movies. They have Stephen King writing an editorial, and spoliers for popular shows every week.

4. Counter arguements: this magazine is a fluff piece, there is no hard hitting articles about wars or the economy. But in times like we have, it is nice to read through a well designed magazine purely for enjoyment. While they do only offer one opinion on movies, they show other reviewers opinions in a graph showing other scores a movie recieved. The magazine does focus on more popular TV shows, but that is because thats what people are watching. They may majorly review the movies people are lining up to see, but they do offer reviews for indie films as well.