Magazine Cover Analysis

Teen Pop Magazine

We heart pop magazine is a music gossip magazine which is targeted mainly at younger girls and younger teenagers, the main consumers of the magazine would be aimed at girls around 11-14 years old. This is made evident by looking at the style of the masthead, the use of san serif font and the heart graphic is a way of interpreting the word 'love', it is a fun and modern way of creating an iconic name for the magazine. Younger girls would appeal to it because its not something that would be used on other styles or genres of magazines, it makes it unique. The bold and stand out representation of the title is quirky and well suited to the audience and genre of the magazine. The font is less sophisticated than a serif classic font in which would be regularly used on magazines targeted at older women, the contrast shows the clear differentiation between the audiences. The use of the speech bubble relates to the gossip feel to the magazine.

 The colours that have been selected are bright greens, reds and black and white, this are stand out colours and are colours which young girls would appeal too more so than duller bold colours. The neon feel gives a sense of youth and fun and creates the unique element to the magazine design. Young girls are appealed to by the use of fashion as well as the music genre. The use of fashion images presented at the bottom of the cover would capture the attention of girls who are into fashion. 

The audience is also easily distinguished by the use of celebrities on the cover, they are all teenage boys who are famous in the music industry for their pop songs who attract millions of teenage girls and therefore are icons to many people, this would draw girls in to buying the magazine because they have an interest in these celebs. They are central on the cover and are looking directly at the consumer; this is a easy method of grabbing the attention and making people buy the magazine. 

The use of the main cover line will also entice girls to buy the magazine because it indicates that the three boys are single and therefore girls would be interested in discovering more into that concept. It also uses a plug and puff 'Niall. George and Justin. Pops Most Wanted' which corroborates the ideology that girls should find these boys attractive and appeal to them. Another use of a plug and puff is the 'Fit Aston Poster' also used for the intention of making young girls want to buy the magazine for the boys that are featured in it. The picture of the poster is illustrated next to it in order to convey the image that the girls would want.

The audience is represented through the uses of the teenage boys, it demonstrates a obvious idea that girls would find these boys attractive and would have a huge interest and diverse appeal to their life and gossip. It suggests all girls should like pop music and particularly boy bands because of the vibe they create. Most girls should be drawn to buying these types of magazines because of the concept of them.