When researching my magazine they were a lot of processes i felt were necessary to complete to allow me to have a full understanding of the demographic that i would have to be appealing to.
For a music magazine to be successful they need to cater for their genres. For example:
We Love Pop – Pop magazine for teen girls. It focuses mainly on celebrities and fashion.
XXL – Rap magazine. Very serious, all about the artist and looks quite violent.
MixMag – Club Music magazine. It’s bright, looks very clean and modern.
Prices of Each Magazine:
- We Love Pop – £2.99
- XXL – £5.53
- MixMag – £6.08
- XXL – 101,362
- MixMag - 20,053
Investigating the Conventions of a front page
Masthead – The magazines brand, it makes the magazine easily recognisable. It’s usually short and catchy to make it easier to remember.
Selling Line – Makes the genre clearer to the audience. It’s usually simple, catchy and gives some information about the magazine.
Main Image & Main Cover Line - Attracts the reader’s attention. Usually the main focus of the magazine.
Cover Lines & Small Image – Lets reader know what’s going to be inside the magazine.
Header & Footer Bars – Usually for advertisements.
Date Line & Bar Code – Additional Information.
Exploring the Values/ Ideologies of Different Music Magazines
Every magazine has different values and ideologies. These are what makes magazines different and gives them their purpose, for example:
Kerrang!
Values:
Kerrang! magazine seems to be more serious about the music and artists because they feature exclusive interviews with the artists, they promote bands, music and advertise opportunities for free merchandise too.
We Love Pop
Values:
We Love Pop magazine seems to not actually be about music because it only features the artists, gossip, fashion and doesn’t have no references to music at all, however this seems to be very popular
First Magazine Analysis:
Ive chosen to analyse "WE <3 POP." this is because the genre I am wanting to focus on is the Pre-Teen through to late teen pop culture.
Analysis Of Target Audience:
Kerrang!
Values:
- Bold/ In your face
- Crazy
- All about the Artists & Music
- Informative
- Punk and Heavy Rock
Kerrang! magazine seems to be more serious about the music and artists because they feature exclusive interviews with the artists, they promote bands, music and advertise opportunities for free merchandise too.
We Love Pop
Values:
- Girly
- All about Celebrities & Fashion
- Gossip
- Teens
We Love Pop magazine seems to not actually be about music because it only features the artists, gossip, fashion and doesn’t have no references to music at all, however this seems to be very popular
First Magazine Analysis:
Ive chosen to analyse "WE <3 POP." this is because the genre I am wanting to focus on is the Pre-Teen through to late teen pop culture.
Analysis Of Target Audience:
- We <3 POP. describes its audience as pop loving teenagers, or anyone with very good tastes in music.
- The age range varies from 8 -15 year old normally
- With almost all of the readers being female which is shown by the use of pinks
- Social class C/D
- The typical reader would be very interested in pop music especially female pop artists.
Typical Reader Images:
I retrieved these images from friends who are in the age range i chose as my target audience
Typical Reader Looks:
- Top of the Pops describes its audience as pop loving teenagers.
- The age range varies from 8 -15 year old normally
- With almost all of the readers being female which is shown by the use of pinks
- Social class C/D
- The typical reader would be very interested in pop music especially female pop artists.
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