Magazine + Uses & Gratifications Theory

Heat Magazine:

• Filling time by reading
• Escaping from one's problems by reading about other people
• Finding models of behaviour - perhaps being influenced by these role models
• Gaining enjoyment
• Satisfying curiosity and general interest (gossip about celebrities featured)

Elle Magazine:

• Filling time
• Satisfying curiosity and general interest (about celebrities featured)
  
• Finding reinforcement for personal values (such as fashion trends)
• Getting intrinsic cultural or aesthetic enjoyment
• Gaining insight into one's self

Nuts Magazine:

• Sexual arousal
• Filling time
• Satisfying curiosity and general interest
• Relaxing