Magazine Cover Analysis

Main target audience is pre teen girls,

Using a colour scheme of pinks and

purples as stereotypically young girls like

these colours.

A lot of readers of this magazine watch X

Factor, interest people into buying this

magazine by having an X factor star on

the front cover, being the largest thing on

the page to get the reader’s attention

Many of the readers probably have

Facebook and Twitter and so frequently

use language such as “OMG”. They have

put this on the cover so the magazine can

relate to the reader. Also it makes it see

more exciting and dramatic and so more

people would want to buy the magazine

to see embarrassing photos of Rihanna.

Persuasive text “MUST” gives a

sense of urgency and the use of

italics puts emphasis on it directing it

straight to the customer that they

need to know about this.

As the target audience is pre teen girls,

they are interested in “fit lads” such as

One Direction or Justin Beiber, so putting

them on the front cover will persuade

customers to purchase this magazine.

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For adult magazines, the female cover star would

usually be wearing minimal clothes as she is

objectified due to the target audience being mainly

males. In contrast to this the target audience is young

girls and so we are focusing more on her clothes, hair

and makeup than on her body.

Images of the celebrities, they are all smiling: links to that target audience as

because it is aimed at younger readers the tone of the magazine is more

positive and light hearted, this would be different to an older aged magazine

where they would feature more serious faced celebrities.

Alliteration: catchy and memorable phrase

which would interest the reader

Young audience, most likely get pocket

money from parents and so it would

appeal to them that they could be a “style

sensation” for just £1.

Stating the names of celebrities and “&

more” at the end grabs the reader’s

attention and makes them want to read

the magazine as they want to find out

about the other celebrities in the

magazine.

As the readers are typically around the

age of puberty they would start having

experiences with the opposite gender,

and so they would be interested into

knowing if they could “kiss with

confidence”.

There is not a set layout to the cover and

just has different subheadings and topics

all over the page. This makes it seem

more exciting and dynamic as if the

magazine is filled with interesting articles,

thus persuading the customer in

purchasing the magazine.

Use of rhetorical question engages the

reader on a personal level so they feel

involved in the magazine, and drawing

them into the article.

Cover model is wearing minimal

clothes. This is because the

primary audience of this magazine

is early 20 year old males and so

Lady Gaga has been objectified to

appeal to them. This would grab

their attention and would also

persuade them to buy it.

Colour scheme of black, white and

red as the colour of the banner is

red so it links to the banner. This

makes it familiar to the reader as

the colour scheme is consistently

the same.

“100” and “shocking” stand out to

the reader by being in bold and

red. This grabs their attention and

persuades them to buy the

magazine as they want to find out

about the 100 most shocking

moments in music.

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Her body is covering up a part of

her name so you cannot read the

whole thing, this doesn’t matter as

because she is so famous and well

know people immediately know

who she is and so she doesn’t

need her name behind her.

Covering up a bit of the banner at the top,

showing that Lady Gaga is the centre of

attention.

Costume: The gloves she is wearing are very much like claws, creating the impression of her being

dangerous and powerful which is the opposite to how a typical female would like to be presented. The

theme of power links to the colour of her clothes, as black creates connotations of power and evil and

even death. What she is wearing and the colour of the clothing combining with her body language and

eye contact makes her out to be a temptress, enticing the reader into reading about her.

Madonna is a big name in the

music industry and is known by

everyone. The phrase “Move over

Madonna” tells the reader that

Lady Gaga is a huge star and will

be influential towards the music

world.

Simple organised layout, helps the

reader to easily navigate their way

around the front cover. This differs

from a magazine aimed at a

younger target audience, for

example Top of the Pops where the

layout is very disorganised to make

it look exciting and dynamic.

The verb “RISEN!” is in capitals

and has an exclamation mark to

represent the definition of the word,

as well as stating how Lady Gaga

is becoming a domineering figure in

the music industry.As the most popular indie

magazine, readers would not listen

to and would most likely dislike

Jedward, and so the readers would

relate and agree with the

magazine, identifying it on a

personal level.