The document compares and contrasts the contents pages of two hip hop magazines: Hip Hop Weekly and The Source. Hip Hop Weekly features multiple relaxed images related to each story on a white background, suggesting a lighthearted approach. In contrast, The Source features a single serious image relating to the main cover story, implying a more serious tone. Both magazines organize their contents pages clearly into sections to aid reader navigation.

1. Unlike Hip Hop Weekly
there is one main image for
the whole contents page in The image for ‘THE
Hip Hop weekly has a The Source which relates to SOURCE’ suggest
white background with one story, which is probably seriousness and
multiple images that the main cover line. friction/tension. This
relate to each story. conveys that the
article s could have
a more serious
approach then the
one s in Hip Hop
Weekly.
Both the source and
HipHop Weekly
have clear colour
schemes on there
In the images used
contents page. This
in the HipHop
keeps the page
Weekly contents
clear and less
page, the people
confusing for the
appear to be
reader making it
relaxed and having
easier for them to
a good time,
navigate around the
(smiling). This could
page.
suggest that the Both HipHop weekly and The
magazine takes a HipHop weekly Source break up their
light hearted view of contains a section contents pages into sections.
hip hop and is not where readers will For example; ‘Music’
so serious and automatically know is in ‘Fashion or Style’ and
judging. the magazine as the ‘Features.’ this makes it
section is called ‘In easier to readers to navigate
Every Issue’ to what they want to read.