pop music magazine

2. The target audience for a pop music
magazine is generally girls between the
ages of 12-18. To be interesting to this
age group, pop magazines
predominantly use bright colours like
pink, purple and yellow to illustrate the
fun and bubbly aspect of the magazine
and to make it eye catching and easily
identifiable as a pop magazine to the
audience.
The celebrity on the cover of the
magazine generally wears the same
kind of bright colours and the female
artists mainly dress in short, fun skirts.
These show that it’s a pop magazine
and also illustrate that they are a pop
artist and fit into the genre.
The image above is an
example of the colours used
in pop music magazines.
Orange is the dominant
colour for this cover and the
main sell line matches the
colour scheme. The vibrant
and fun design on the artists
skirt matches the vibrant
colour scheme and shows
her to be a pop artist.

3. Because of the younger target audience, the
pop music magazines are mostly informal and
slang words are used to appeal more to the age
group.
There is a mixture of text and pictures.
The magazine often uses bright shapes and
borders around sections of text to make it look
more interesting and not bore the readers.
There is a mixture between text and images, so
the magazine would interest their audience. The
pictures also make the magazine look more
entertaining.
The fonts used are feminine, and fun, reflecting
the target audience. The captions under the
image give a brief explanation of the picture, and
are usually funny or have a joke.
There are slang words and short snappy quotes.

4. The style of these magazines are quite informal and casual. This is because the target
audience of these magazines are generally young girls, so this mode of address
would appeal to them.
The ‘Top of the Pops’ magazine uses slang like “wanna”, “gotcha” and “OMG”. This
shows how pop magazines have an informal tone to relate to their readers.
Pop magazines also use direct address to appeal to their readers. By doing this, they
are making the magazine more personal. Using all of these modes of address makes
the magazine feel like a friend to the audience, and would make them feel close to the
magazine, making them want to carry on buying the different issues.
The Use of direct address to draw in the reader. Slang words like “spesh” are similar
to the TA’s way of speaking, so they can relate to the magazine. Use of alliteration
gives a professional tone, while keeping it fun.