The front cover features Eminem in a simple portrait, showing his tattoos and vulnerability. There is no additional text on the cover, stressing the honest interview inside and Eminem's influence in changing conventions. This highlights the caliber of artists featured in the magazine and boosts its status.

1. FRONT COVER ANALYSIS
Image: The main image of Eminem is
kept very simple demonstrating the
originality and the importance of the
well-known artist. The main focuses
are his tattoos and the chain around
his neck. He seems vulnerable and
without gimmicks in this image and
perhaps this is an affect used by the
publication to show the openness of
the interview with Eminem
inside, again an exclusive feature.
Text: There is no text, or left hand third
on this cover perhaps to again stress
the honest and clear interview the rap
star. There is text in the background
which links to the artists
tattoos, suggesting whilst being clear
and honest he has influenced the
change in codes and conventions of
the magazine in this particular issue as
he is such a significant star of this
genre. This stresses the calibre of
artist that this publication can get on
there front cover which again boosts
the status of the magazine.

2. FRONT COVER ANALYSIS Image: The fact that Obama‟s head has been
pushed off of the page makes the suggestion
about the high status of the magazine, even one of
the most important men in the world is „not
important‟ enough to grace the entirety of a Vibe
front cover.
Text: The colours of the American flag are used to
show that the magazine is widely recognized by a
whole nation. Text takes up the majority of the
front cover and the left hand third is very wide.
Obama seems to be making an attempt to gain
more followers and therefore a lot of the page is
taken up by a quote from him. This also boosts the
magazines status.
Language: The fact that Obama has chose Vibe
magazine in which to make his announcement
says a lot about the status of the magazine.
Obama clearly has the view that Vibe magazine
reaches a lot of people and therefore deemed it
wise to give an “exclusive” to this publication. Vibe
magazine call this specific issue “historical”.
Suggesting an issue of there magazine will go
down in history can tell us a lot about the high
status as well as the calibre of the cover star. And
to demonstrate the various contents of their
magazine they have a footnote of “+ the best
rapper alive revealed”, giving the impression of
“and if all this wasn‟t enough..” also the “revealed”
suggesting Vibe has all the answers.

3. Front Cover Analysis
Image: The image of Alex Turner is
showing him in thought, with the Q
masthead overlapping him rather than
his head being on the top layer. This
gives the effect of the masthead being
a thought bubble and that the entire
front cover was inspired by his
thoughts.
Text: There is no left hand third and the
only text is the small anchorage text
below the main image and the writing
over the background. This background
is used to reflect Alex Turners extensive
creative thoughts and the show how Q
magazine has the most creative stars
on its cover.
Language: The small amounts of text
reveal how exclusive the featured
interview is “inside Alex Turners head”-
Q magazine is the only magazine
accessing this information and it is
“exclusive” to its devoted subscribers.