Editorial concept of the German weekly magazine Focus and its differences compared to Spigel magazine
The article is devoted to the analysis of language features of texts from the German news weekly magazine Focus in a communicative and content aspect. Focus and Spiegel are the most popular news magazines in Germany. The readership of these publications comprises key decision-makers in the sphere of economy and government. Focus-magazine lays the emphasis on text visualization, integrating photos and diagrams into one system and effectively using the basic tendencies in modern mass-media language. Spiegel presents itself as an opinion magazine, which differs from its competitor in presentation of serious and in-depth analysis of the information.