Opportunities, challenges, and power of media and information
Top of the pops front cover analysis
1. The Masthead-
Front cover analysis.
The main image-
The font has a thick bubbly This suggests the genre of
outline around the text, the music. The artists are
this makes it stand out well known . They all look
from the rest of the happy, well groomed and
magazine. The colours smartly dressed.
used, stick to the colour
scheme throughout the The sell lines/cover lines0
front cover. It also makes it These give the audience an
recognisable to the idea of what is included in
audience. the magazine. The
language used suggests
Background- the age and type of people
The background is just a the magazine is targeting.
plain purple colour which
sticks to the colour Barcode-date/issue/price-
scheme. The page has a lot this helps sell the
on it anyway, so the editor magazine in the shops, so
has decided that a busy they know the price when
background is not needed. they scan the barcode. The
issue number helps keep
the readers organized with
The main cover line- which issue they need or
‘you’re a STAR!’, is in a haven’t read.
white font on a pink
background making it The header- Uses a
stand out. This suggests rhetorical question,
the genre , as the colour engaging with the
pink is stereotyped as a audience, giving a friendly
girly colour, also the font is approach. This also
quite curly, suggesting its suggests what is inside the
feminine. magazine.
2. Target audience.
The colours pink and purple on the front cover
suggests that the target audience is aimed at
women, as this is the colours stereotyped with
females.
The language used is informal, and all font is
easy to read. The artists on the front cover are
well known and mostly all young in age.
Which suggests the target audience may be
for the younger/teenage generation.
3.
4. Top of the pops History.
• Top of the Pops magazine is a monthly publication published by BBC Magazines. It features chart
information, star gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics and posters. It is a supplementary
magazine for the TV show Top of the Pops.
• The magazine was launched in February 1995, and is famous for giving girl group The Spice Girls their
nicknames. Alongside a revamp of the TV show. It was originally marketed as the missing link
between Smash Hits and NME, but its format was gradually changed, with less music content and a
demographic shift to young girls. It is still in publication despite the cancellation of the TV show.
