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Magazine analysisMedia Studies

By Katheryn Lamb

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The font used is “Royal acid bath” which is a sans sheriff font and is easy to read and elegant at the same time. The colour of the masthead is red with a grey outline and black shadow, all three colours are the “Rolling Stones” band’s well known ‘brand’ colours. The red is used to make it stand out compared to the dull, coloured background, the grey outline is used to make it easier and quicker to read and the black shadow gives it the extra emphasis so it is clear that is the name of the magazine. The way that the main image covers the masthead shows that the magazine is so well known you don’t need to see the whole words to know what it is. It also shows to me that they have loyal readers.

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The main image stars a picture of Miley Cyrus, a well known actress/singer, she is shown as naked, but her body parts are covered to not reveal too much and it looks as if she’s been swimming. The way she is positioned is leaning over the side of the pool with her arms crossed to cover her breasts. She is also licking herself which portrays more sexuality and the way she is looking straight into the camera whilst she is doing it is almost suggestive to the reader. This is a good example of Goffman’s Theory of dismemberment and body language, as women are physically portrayed in sexual poses with inviting expressions to entice the audience. Her tongue could also be a subliminal message that she is copying the “Rolling Stones” symbol of a mouth with a tongue sticking out. What’s unusual about this cover is that Miley is well known for being a young country girl, but in this magazine cover it denotes a diverse person to what she used to be as she has black make-up running down her face, slicked back hair and a tattoo across her side; this conotes that the article may be about how she’s gone from being sweet and innocent to a ‘rebel without a cause’. The messy make-up could also manipulate the reader into thinking that she is not airbrushed, this is real.

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The reference to Little Richard’s infamous song back in the late 1950’s, ‘Good Golly Miss Molly’ has been cleverly changed to Miley’s name, which is written in bold and italic to so that it is one of the first words you read, therefore you know who this issue features if you couldn’t tell by the main picture. This signifies a real Rock ‘n’ Roll feel to the magazine and sits in line with the magazine’s name and theme. Using Miley’s name in italic writing and with an exclamation mark appears that the reader is actually being spoken to, perhaps even called/shouted or even sung to.

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The structure of the cover lines wrap around Miley’s body, almost as if to clothe her. The reader’s eye is drawn to the tattoo and so the cover lines are read, even though they get smaller. The way the size font changes with each cover line, it portrays the most important stories included in this magazine. The font of the cover lines is easy to read but looks very professional. “The War on Gay Teens” gives off a sense of hermeneutics, it starts making the reader curious and then they end up buying the magazine.

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“The HOT LIST 2013” is a regular occurrence on the Rolling Stone’s magazine, it is done every year, the way it has a box around it adverts your eyes to it as does the bold writing. The way in which “The” is in italic makes is seem as if people have been waiting for this all year, it is the list that everyone wants to be on, therefore the potential reader will want to open the magazine and find out who is on the list.

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