Audience Feedback

Evaluation of Music Magazine

 

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The masthead of both ‘NME’ magazine front cover and my own are both located on the top left hand side and are shown big and bold. This has been done to help the audience to recognise which magazine it is they are reading.

Underneath the mast head on the front cover of ‘NME’ shows a black circle that reads ‘JACK WHITE’S NEW ALBUM’ this is very eye catching and immediately attracts the audience to the magazine. In my own front cover, I have used the same device. I have created a red circle towards the bottom left hand corner of my magazine  which reads ‘REVIEWS OVERLOAD!’ I have used this because I want the audience to be attracted to my magazine and have an interest in reading it. Beside the masthead, shows a few popular bands with the same style of genre. I have included a skyline at the bottom of my magazine reading a few different names of singers. I have done this to attract a few more people as this can be shown to try and get other genres included.

The main image shown on the cover of ‘NME’ is of ‘The Last Shadow Puppets’. This is to instantly show what type of genre it is aiming to it’s audience. I have used an image of a boy singing into a microphone to give the effect of a pop genre. By using this type of image, this immediately informs the audience that they are possible going to be featured within the magazine and it gives the audience something to have interest of.

At the bottom right hand corner both my magazine front cover and ‘NME’ have placed a price and barcode. This is something less important and isn’t really needed for the intention of the customer except from needing to know how much they are paying for what they are getting. This is why it has been placed at the bottom.

‘Q’ magazine includes a page title of ‘Content’s which informs the audience clearly what is on this page. Beside the title ‘Contents’shows the letter ‘Q’ to remind you what magazine you are reading. For my magazine contents page I have used the same masthead from my front cover to place on my contents page to give the same effect.

In ‘Q’ magazine, It has a ‘features’ sections which includes everything in the magazine. I have included a ‘features’ section to inform the audience about what is included within my magazine. However in ‘Q’ magazine, it has included a section titled ‘Oasis special’ this is going to be aimed at fans of Oasis which could be considered to be a persuasive device to get people to buy it.

The colours within ‘Q’ magazine are quite consistent from the cover, and using the three colours; red, white and black consists well together and can easily be read. For my own contents page, I wanted to keep the background colour the same however I felt the colours black, yellow and red worked quite well together on top of the background and still kept the consistency.

Both magazine contents pages feature the main image on the right hand side. This is because it will be noticed straight away when the reader turns onto this page. By having a contents page, it is an overview of the magazine and informs the audience of what is going to be in the magazine and where it can be found. Both images are a long shot and I think this works well because it shows them as the main focus of attention.

In the other double page spread, it shows an image on the left hand side of the page. I thought it would be better to place an image on the right hand side as it would be the focus of attention when turning onto the page. However on the other double page spread it has been used effectively as it is eye catching.

I titled my double page spread ‘EMMA LOFTUS’ to make it clear to the audience who it is that is actually being featured within my magazine. Underneath the name, I created two boxes which read ‘TALKS ABOUT HER SUCCESS’ followed by ‘AND HER NEW ALBUM’ This was also to make it clear what is going to be featured on this page.

Beside this, I wrote ‘Interview by Run Magazine’ to show exactly who was giving the interview. Because it is an interview that I chose to feature in my double page spread I decided to change the colour of the fonts so that it is easy for the audience to easily distinguish the difference between who is the interviewer and who is the interviewee. However when looking back at it, I feel it may have been a good idea to change the style of font and add italic into the interviewee’s statements. I think if I had changed the font styles it would have appeared more effective.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The media that I have created is a pop music magazine that I have decided to name ‘RUN’. It is stereotypically aimed at people between the ages of 16 to 24 who would have an interest in pop music. I also wanted my music magazine to be aimed at both female and male genders so after the first two drafts, I felt this wasn’t being conveyed. However I feel my final front cover meets up with my expectations. This magazine will provide them with the most up to date stories on their favourite artists and generally the most upcoming artists. Ensuring that it supplies them with everything they will need to know. I have priced my magazine at £1.50 and I feel this is affordable for what is being offered and for anyone is social economic groups. The model on the front cover has been designed in that specific look to attract a pop audience. I wanted his clothes to be quite in the latest fashion to give an ‘Olly Murs’ style. I feel the clothes I have asked him to wear will help me achieve this. I asked him to wear a top with a little bit of humour, in order to possible give off the effect that it could be showing an interest for boys and girls. In my opinion I feel I have achieved this look. The colours I have used on my front cover are all bright on top of a silver background, this is because I wanted to show a positive attitude towards the audience yet not too camp and over the top. Because my magazine is about the world of pop music, it would not have the likes of The Arctic Monkeys  group featured within my magazine. This is down to the fact that they are an indie/rock band and they would be featured on the cover of ‘NME’ magazine for example. Both ‘NME’ magazine and my own magazine look completely different because of the genres. ‘NME’ has used sharp features and an in your face style. Whereas I think my own magazine, is more subtle and laid back.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

When creating my music magazine, I kept looking back at different music magazines which involved; VIBE, NME and Q magazine. I wanted to put elements from as many music magazines as I could however I didn’t want it to be completely the same as only one magazine. I tried to play with my ideas and the ideas of others to be put into one whole different idea that was better than the two different ideas. I think that those magazines could possible publish my music magazine, RUN. I wouldn’t think NME could see my magazine as a rival as we have two different genres. However, I think it would be great if NME were to publish my magazine as I think it would be a good starting point for my magazine. Everyone is well aware of NME as it is a very popular music magazine. If they were to publish my magazine, I believe a lot of people would see the issue about my magazine. NME magazine is popular both in Britain and in America and if it were to publish my magazine a lot more people would notice my magazine too. I could also see that Billboard magazine may possibly publish my magazine as both our magazines are very similar; however I can see that Billboard would see my magazine as a rival to it. I don’t think it would be as great an idea if Billboard were to publish my magazine as it isn’t a popular magazine and I do not feel that many people would get the chance to see it.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

When planning my music magazine, my initial thoughts was for it to be aimed towards both male and female genders. However after completing my first draft of the front cover and looking at it, I felt it gave the appearance of a more male target audience than a female audience. So after giving it some thought and creating a second draft of the front cover, I re-looked over it and decided that I hadn’t really made any obvious changes apart from the background colour to distinguish that it was meant to be aimed towards both genders. After looking back at both drafts, I decided it was time to make some drastic changes to it if I wanted it to resemble a professional music magazine. I’m happy that I had looked back over my drafts as with my final product, I believe my idea for its target audience to be both genders has been accomplished. I think it is probably targeted for ages between 16 and 24. As the magazine is aimed at anyone in the social economic groups, I believe that by pricing my magazine at £1.50 is a reasonable price to ask the audience to pay for the information they are being given.

How did you attract/address your audience?

When creating my music magazine, I have tried to take in to consideration how to address the audience and involve them within the magazine. On the front cover of my music magazine, I have included a splash for the audience to win tickets to see the wanted. This will include having to compete with others, which I feel is adding more persuasion to them as I have mentioned that it is the last chance for them to do so. Within my magazine, I have mentioned about reviews and interviews and other interesting things that could engage the audience. The contents page informs them about different acts that are featured in the magazine. Once found, they will be able to find out more information on their favourite artists and know exactly when they are performing.

The main image on the cover is of a young boy singing into a microphone. I think this could attract the audience to read the magazine because the top he is wearing is in trend with the latest fashion and could be seen quite attractive to girls and possibly boys. I feel this would attract them as I have put this image on the front cover to sway the audience towards buying this magazine in particular.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

When producing the product, a music magazine; Front cover, Contents page, Double page spread, I used Adobe Photoshop during the editing processes for the photographs that were taken. I feel since starting this task from creating the drafts, I came across so many difficulties. But now after finishing my final product, I believe I have learnt how to use Photoshop in more capably now. I have been able to find my way around using Photoshop comfortably whilst creating both my college magazine; which was the preliminary task and the main task; the music magazine. For the duration of the time of using Photoshop, there was many tools needed that came in really useful when editing the photographs. For example the ‘quick selection tool’ proved really useful as it was needed to select the image to transfer from its original background and to edit. The ‘blur tool’ was really handy to smooth the edges of my images to give it a nice clean effect without any noticeable horrid hard edges. After transferring images or creating any text to appear on my magazine, the ‘transform’ tool, also known as a ‘scale’ tool was of much use to enable the changing of size. It also enabled me to rotate any of the images or text that appeared in my magazine.My favourite tool, which was also really useful, was the ‘spot fixing’ tool. This enabled me to remove any blemishes or unwanted marks that were appearing on my image. Because the image I was using, appeared in quite a dark light, I had to use the ‘contrast’ tool which enabled me to change the brightness and contrast of the image. This made the image look a lot better and generally gave it a better appearance during the editing process.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

When I look back at my preliminary task; the college magazine and compare it to my final product; the music magazine, it is very clear to see a huge contrast but also I think it’s clear to see a big improvement between them both, in design skills and technical skills. When producing the college magazine, although I felt my initial ideas were good it is clear to see that I hadn’t had the full confidence and experience of using Photoshop however still used what I could. I found when creating the college magazine, because I wasn’t too sure about using Photoshop it was a case of playing around with things and seeing how it turned out. However after finishing my music magazine, I feel I have made a lot of progress since the beginning of the tasks.

When looking back over both my college magazine and my music magazine front covers, it is clear to see the huge improvement on my technical skills. When producing the music magazine, I knew how to use a lot more of the tools than I was capable to do for the college magazine in Photoshop. For the college magazine, I was unsure how to change the levels of brightness as well I was for the music magazine. So when comparing them both, I feel the image used for my college magazine appears to be quite dark which makes it look a tad dull. Also, in my college magazine, I never really experimented with anything as I didn’t want to ruin it. For my music magazine I didn’t feel afraid to try new ideas because I felt if it went wrong I’d start again and that is what I had to do a few times. For example, the college magazine hasn’t been experimented with any new fonts but the music magazine has numerous different fonts tested in it. All in all, I believe my music magazine is a whole lot better than my college magazine but I feel I could still improve it given more time and thinking about new ideas.

When looking back at my contents pages of both magazines, it is clearly obvious that a lot more work, time and effort has gone into producing the music magazine. I feel the music magazine appears to be a lot more interesting and full of ideas. It shows a lot more information than the college magazine. Whereas the college magazine looks really bare with no information that would appeal to anyone. I feel the college magazine looks plain, simple and all round boring. The yellow background is the only thing that livens it up but the actual content brings it down a lot. I can’t see that the audience would even be interested in reading it. I’m glad that after producing the music magazine, it shows a huge contrast in the quantity of information that has been placed inside. This is so that the audience will be more attracted to it. All in all for the contents pages, I think the music magazine content page is a huge lot more attractive, interesting and more appealing than the contents page and I’m quite happy with how I’ve designed it.

My Audience Feedback Questionnaire

Audience Feedback Questionnaire

What type of music are you interested in?

Does my music magazine represent that of a real music magazine?

Yes/No

From the front cover, what genre of music do you think this magazine is aimed towards?

Does my magazine resemble that of any magazine in production at the moment?

Yes/No (If yes which?)

The price of my magazine is £1.50.

Is the price of this magazine reasonable? If no what would you be willing to pay?

 Do you think it is good or bad that my magazine is published weekly?

If you think it is bad, why?

 Do all the pages/Images look like they come from the same magazine?

Yes/No

Would you buy this magazine?

Yes/No

 What do you like/ don’t like about my magazine?

Any other comments?

Finished Product

Editing

This is how the image looked after I had edited it using photo shop. However, when I thought about it I think it looked better after cropping the two people out at the right hand side as it gave off a more friendly welcoming effect to read the magazine.

 

This is my image that I used for my final front cover, I think by editing the brightness around his head has made a big impact as it gives off the a good effect and I think it makes the whole cover look a lot more interesting.

This is the image I used in my final double page spread. I think by editing this image, it had created a more positive attitude upon the double page spread and it gives the effect she is happier than she appears before the editing.

Images used/tried for Music Magazine

I felt this image was taken a little too closely and didn’t represent anything to do with music conventions.

This is the image I used for the first draft of my contents page, but when looking back at it I felt it resembled a fashion magazine rather than a music magazine.

I took this image in the hope to feature in my double page spread, however didn’t like the message it was sending as it doesn’t have anything to do with music conventions.

I played around with taking a few images of the same thing here, I wanted to get an image which resembled a girl band to interview in the double page spread, yet when going through the images I didn’t think this one right.

This is one of many others that I had taken when playing around taking photographs. I really like this one and think the laughter gives it something which none of the other images brought to the magazine. However when trying it out in the double page spread I didn’t feel it looked right and decided to crop this photo and use it within my contents page.

I really like this image for the front cover, however the lighting wasn’t right and I didn’t think it would look right appearing on the front cover.

This is the image I used for my final double page spread, I really like it because I feel there is a little bit of attitude but not enough to be confused with another genre.

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 This is the image I used for my final front cover, I really like it because I think the quality of the photo is really good and the top he is wearing resembles quite a pop style.

I’m not too keen on this image because I feel it doesn’t give the impression of what my magazine is about. It gives off a little more attitude and doesn’t appear to be a pop styled magazine.

 This is the image I used for my drafts of the front cover. I really like this photo, however it appeared tricky to edit as it had been taken in awful quality. I realised I had wasted too many megapixels by not getting closer to the subject of the photo.

This is an image I have taken for my contents page. I wanted it to be featured when talking about new album releases.

First Draft of Double Page Spread

This is my first draft of my double page spread; I have used a pull quote for a heading as I thought this would attract the attention of the audience as they would be hooked and want to continue to read the interview. However I am not pleased with this as I feel I haven’t written enough of an interview for my magazine to be charged at £1.50. It looks a bit dull and the image of the girls in the bottom right hand corner doesn’t appear noticeable to me and so I feel the audience would just bypass it.

First Draft of Contents Page

This is the first draft of my contents page. After looking at it, I feel it gives the appearance to be more of a fashion magazine than a music magazine. I don’t like it much and don’t feel that it would appeal to both male and female genders.

Second Draft of Front Cover

After completing the first draft, I realised the target audience I had wanted it to be aimed at hadn’t been conveyed as well as I had wanted it to. So this is my second draft. However, when looking at this draft it doesn’t look as good as I want it to and feel it needs improving to give a more professional look to it.

First Draft Of Front Cover

This is my first, unfinished draft of my music front cover. I don’t really like it very much when looking at again. However I was just playing with ideas before deciding on the final product.

Music Magazine DoublePageSpread Analysis'

The main image of the double page spread covers the whole of one side instantly informing the audience of what it is going to be about. As it has been placed on the right hand side of the cover, people will see instantaneously see this image before deciding whether or not they want to continue reading on with this article story. The cover story appears to almost be attacked by the letter ‘C’ which is likely to be used for Cheryl Cole. This gives the effect of danger or something going wrong, which may trigger the reader to read the story wanted to know more into it. At the very bottom left hand side corner, appears a pull quote which has been pulled out of the story in the intended manner to inform the audience a brief entail of what it is about in the hope that it will pull their interest towards reading the whole content.  Opposite this pull quote, we are shown another image of the model which relates to the bigger image on the other page. The smaller image looks as though it is intended for the purpose to give another informative detail to the content to give the readers a bigger chunk of information to persuade them to read the article.

A colour scheme of red and black has clearly been used, and is very affective as it almost triggers that there is danger within the life of Cheryl Cole, or stereotypically presuming that something has gone wrong for her once again. Cheryl is shown just in the colour black in both images which could connote that this is going to be rock based with the studs shown on her clothing in the main big image and the style of her posture.

The title of the page is clearly obvious as the text is written in a dark, bold font whilst being placed on a highlighted yellow background. This gives the reader the impression that this text is needed because it is important. The magazine would attract both male and female genders as it has cleverly used different artists to be introduced within this magazine also to attract the audience to read. Rihanna is a well known R&B icon along with Drake who is also another very well known icon for R&B. This influences a wider audience to purchase the magazine meaning it is spread along more of an audience instead of targeting a specific audience. The cover story is all about Rihanna, so when informing the audience about what the story is about, they have purposely ensured that her name is of higher importance than Drake’s by editing her name to be bigger than his. The images of previous photographs of Rihanna with different hairstyles can be seen targeting toward a female gender as they are able to copy the hairstyles of her if she is an icon to them. It could also be seen targeting toward a male gender also due to the blue font and also the images of Rihanna which men might like to look at if they are interested in her. The main image stands out as it is directly in the middle of the page and Rihanna is looking directly towards the audience this is a conventional approach. Another main attraction goes down to the terminal area. The first thing you see is a little yellow box that has a sub title saying ‘along similar lines’ it is short and catchy which will make people want to read it. The colour scheme is in yellow, black and white. This is effective as they all stand out when they are put together as they are contrasting colours. The background of this article is in white which makes everything else on the page stand out and putting the side column with a black background makes it stand out. These features make the magazine more appealing to the audience and therefore may choose this over others on the market. This page consists of more pictures than text as for this age group are not as likely to be as interested in reading the articles. The article is promoting Rihanna's new single which is also shown in the page title which makes it sound catchy. The text is also persuasive which will persuade the audience to buy/listen to Rihanna's new single.

Music Magazine Content Page Analysis'

This magazine includes a page title of 'Contents' this informs the reader of what is on this page. It also has a 'features' section which includes everything in the magazine. It has an 'Oasis special' this will be aimed at fans of Oasis another persuasive device to get people to buy it. The colour scheme is continuous as the colours of red and black has carried on. This magazine contains a large, bold font. As I researched various magazine's I realised that 'Q' contents pages and covers all use the same layout on each page to keep it consistent. The letter 'Q' is used on every page which could be seen as their "stamp". The 'Q' means 'quality'. Their use of the colour red, white and black shows consists well together and stands out. This could also make the magazine type and genre more recognisable. They use a review box which can be read quickly. They put the headlines in capital letters to make it more noticeable. The main image is placed to the right of the page which will be noticed straight away as the reader turns onto this page. Having a contents page makes an overview of the magazine and informs the reader what is in it and where. The image is a long shot which shows the whole body, this works well for the magazine as it makes it the main focus. The target market of this magazine is fans of rock as shown by using rock artists to represent and appeal to the target audience. The artists in this magazine are shown to have attitude and to look professional.

'NME' was published in 1952 they have an audience of 16-26 year olds, the genre is indie/rock. This magazine was the first british paper to include a singles chart and was the best selling British music magazine in 1970. This is a contents page of 'NME' which is clearly marked on the magazine in the red font (logo) this is followed by 'this week' showing what is in the magazine. Every section has a heading of the category e.g. 'news'. The headings make it easier for the reader to read the page they want to. The main image is unusually a music venue instead of an artist however, many famous have performed here. Readers will be interested in this to find out more on the recent news. This magazine has an advert for a magazine company which has relevance to this as you can buy NME on a subscription. The colour scheme carries on throughout the magazine as shown on this page (the consistent colours of red and black). The main image is in the centre of this page showing that this is the main focus and attraction. The target market of this magazine is fans of rock as it has rock artists included in the magazine and rock language which will appeal to the target audience.

The main image at the top is the band 'Escape the Fate' and the image could represent that the article is going to be based on this band. The image has a yellow banner which shows what band it is and the number ‘8’ appears beside it which is informing the audience that they will find this information on page 8.There are other images that appear within this contents page which suggests that there is a lot going on in this magazine. There is an image in a square box in the middle right hand side of the page with a band appearing inside. This also has another yellow banner which appears underneath the square box. By creating a yellow banner, this makes the writing eye catching for the audience. This is a good idea because it draws attention to the most relevant things immediately. In the banner it says 'Posters'. This informs the audience that within this magazine, they will be able to find some free posters. This is a good idea because it is engaging the audience in their magazine. It could also suggest that the image shown in the box is going to be one of the free posters you can receive. All of the subheadings are shown in a yellow bold font on top of a black background. This works well because it makes the subheadings stand out against the background which helps the audience to pinpoint the most important things on the page. There is a specific theme throughout the front cover which shows that all of the major headlines are in a yellow font with a black banner behind it and the rest of the writing is in a black font.

The theme of this contents page is to provide the audience with what is going to happen in this issue of Kerrang! Magazine. It also shows what articles are in this magazine and what bands/singers are featured. The contents page is also there to provide you with any special offers and will inform you on where to find them.

This magazine will probably be found in all supermarkets and mini license shops as it will appeal to most people. The publishers will definitely want as many people purchasing their magazine as possible. I think, this magazine will attract the attention of people aged between 15-30 purely because it is quite a general informative magazine. The bands that are featured within this magazine have written songs with quite explicit language and this is why it wouldn’t be aimed towards a younger audience.

Most people in this age group will be able to afford to pay £2 for this magazine given all the information that is inside it.

Music Magazine Front Cover Analysis'

The masthead on the front of this music magazine cover is big, bold and in red.

It is in the top left hand corner and can be seen clearly. It does not take up the full width of the top because it is short and snappy. Also NME is a very well-known music magazine and does not need to fill up space informing people who they are, as they already know.
The music magazine is aimed towards young people and the colour red could signify rebellion.
The photograph is the whole front cover, and gives off an ‘I’m not bothered what you think look’ this is appealing to young people as they want to appear the same way and get the same look. This will attract young people to purchase the magazine as they will want to get involved and gain role models for themselves.
Beside the photograph is ‘MIA’ also big, bold and red. This is to attract the audience by telling them that within their magazine is going to be information about someone important. They will see it is someone important when looking at the magazine as she appears in the photograph.
At the top right hand corner of the magazine cover it says ‘INTRODUCING THE NEW NME,
8&10 SPECIAL EDITION COVERS’. It isn’t as clear to see the top line but informing the audience that there is going to be special edition covers will encourage people to purchase the magazine. In the bottom right hand corner of the magazine are some sub-headings of important names after the heading ‘THE STATE OF MUSIC TODAY by’ this emphasises the importance of this magazine and that it is a well-known magazine. It must be a popular choice of magazine to have a lot of important people featuring in it.

This magazine cover also features a barcode to scan and a price to inform the audience how much they’re going to have to pay for this magazine. These are done at the bottom of the page as they are less important and have no effect on the readers opinion.

The institution of NME music magazine is IPC Media and is a popular magazine; it has been published weekly since 1952. It was the biggest selling music magazine (then newspaper)
The masthead on the front cover of this magazine is in the top left hand corner and is bold. This is done to help the audiene recognise which magazine it is.
Underneath the masthead shows a black circle that reads ‘JACK WHITE’S SHOCK NEW ALBUM’ this is very eye catching and immediately attracts the audience to the magazine. It appears as though it is covering something else which gives it the effect that it is too important to miss.
Just above to the right hand side of the masthead is the studio news: selling line. This would straight away attract their target audience because the selling line has the names of popular bands, with the same type of genre. This magazine would attract a lot of people as it has included popular bands that people would listen to.
There are many cover lines, going down the left third of the front cover. Most of the cover lines relate to the type of genre that is studied within the magazine. ‘ROLLING STONES’ and PANIC AT THE DISCO ALBUM’. This is to help the reader in understanding and not getting confused. It instantly informs the reader about what is going on, who is featured in it and the type of genre. This is good because it is direct and gets straight on with selling the magazine to their audience.

The main image on the front cover is of ‘The Last Shadow Puppets’. This immediately tells the audience that they are going to be one of the bands featured within this magazine. They both give off a serious expression. This suggests that their story is going to be important for the reader, it could also link with the line below ‘I was worried the monkeys…’ This will entice the reader to buy the magazine as they will want to know what it going to happen.
At the bottom right hand corner, there is a barcode, issue number and price. These are the less important features of then magazine and are therefore placed at the bottom. The website is also placed underneath; this is so the reader can access more information about the magazine if they really enjoy reading it.

VIBE is a popular music magazine and one they constantly use the large, bold and thick title VIBEt to specificically show it's them. Also this form of title is one that is used with other music magazines such as ‘NME’ this clearly demonstrates that a large title must be a lot more appealing to the audience . Also VIBE will most likey have more famous artists on the front cover, generally being hip-hop, rap and RnB. This immediately shows to the reader what type of magazine it is just from it’s front cover, making it very clear from the front that the magazine is based on music, specifically in the Hip-Hop, Rap & RnB area. On the front of this music cover, they have made the main picture bigger than everything else this demonstrates that they want to make it clear to the reader what the magazine will specify in for its best and main story. The purpose in doing this is that VIBE believe in they promote their most interesting story on the front cover and give the reader just a taste of what is inside,  making them want to purchase the magazine.

Vibe has the idea to entertain rather than inform people, this could be a possible good idea reviewing the new realeases as it coul be more informative than if it was trying to be informative. VIBE includes articles such as stories from Eminem, who is a large Hip-Hop artist. He's put articles such as this in not to inform the reader but entertain them with his conversation, the magazine is publicised in a fashionable way with slang and a hip hop feel to it. It creates its genre of music by having artists famous in the genre all over the magazine.

I feel this magazine would be aimed at the 16-27 age group. I think this is because, Eminem is an artist of recent times which shows us that the magazine is going to be based around that genre in general. Everybody knows what genre of music these artists perform. I think this magazine could be targeted more towards the male market, this could be because of the certain look of Eminem. It is too intimidating and is more suited for the male side. The magazine has inside information for fans interested in the hip-hop / rap genre. As Eminem is on the cover, it instantly tells us the genre of the magazine, the style and the information inside.