The Design of Women Newspaper

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to present the concept for woman newspaper, which was different from those daily conventional newspapers. The expected benefit from this research was to obtain woman newspaper that illustrated woman’s personality and with sound contents for female readers.
This research was a qualitative research conducted by the use of an in-depth interview approach. The respondents included 7 experts in an editorial department and 7 graphic design experts.
The findings of this research revealed that the most desirable character for female newspaper design were 1) Modern 2) Chic 3) Natural. Regarding to the contents, 10 sections were recommended as follows; Daily News, Economics News, Education News, Entertainment News, International news, Political News, Public Health News, Scientific News, Social News and Sports News.
For the contents of the routine articles and documentaries, the preferred ones included lifestyle & fashion, art &culture, health & quality of life, night life, celebrity, horoscope, nature travel & environment, history, recreation, female, automobiles, lituratures, job search and application, trading, extra scoop, editorial, and ads pages.