1. The document discusses different music magazine genres including rock, pop, classical, indie/alternative, and RNB/hip hop. 2. It analyzes the covers of magazines within each genre and stereotypes the typical reader based on the cover design, artists featured, and music styles. 3. The genres are differentiated based on cover design elements like colors, layout, images of artists, and implied tones that aim to represent the music genre discussed within.

1. Different music genres

2. Rock
Rock- as you can see these magazines
involve rock bands and singers on the
front cover. The expressions of the
artists are all moody and they are
dressed in casual clothing with their
tattoos on show, coming across as
controversial. This is typical for a rock
star to behave in this way and the
magazine is stereotyping the artists so
that the readers know what genre they
are reading. The front cover looked very
busy, however the colours are kept in a
simple scheme so that it doesn’t look
tacky. I believe that people who read
this genre of magazines are people who
enjoy listening to rock and heavy metal
and dress in a rock style. The age of
these readers can vary from teenagers
to middle aged people, I think that
more men enjoy reading these
magazines.

3. Mix of genres
Mix of Genres- These magazines all
look very simple, the editors have
done this because they don’t want
to look like they are appealing to a
specific genre. The music which
will be discussed in these
magazines will be chart music and
only the biggest stars will be
included. I believe that young
adults and teenagers will enjoy
reading these magazines. A mix of
gender will read this magazine and
because there is such a range of
different people who read this
magazine I can not stereotype how
they would look.

4. Pop
Pop- These magazines look
very pink and busy and consist
of teen sensations on the
front of them. These
magazines look very happy
and cheerful and the people
on the front cover are smiling
and are dressed in casual but
cool clothing. I believe that
the people who read this
magazine are young girls who
enjoy listening to pop and
main stream music. I think
that they will dress in pink,
girly clothing from places like
H&M.

5. Classical
Classical- this magazine looks
very simple. The font is not too
bold and vibrant and the image is
very simple. I believe that
classical music magazines do this
to create a serious approach. The
person on the front cover is
dressed in respectful and smart
clothing to emphasise the style
of music. I think that people who
read this magazine are from the
older generation and are slightly
wealthy.

6. Indie and alternative
Indie and Alternative- These
magazines look very simple and
bland. The people on the front
cover look miserable, similar to
the people on the rock magazine
however their hard core style is
toned down slightly. I believe
that the editors have shown the
artists looking like this to
emphasise the moody tone in
their music. The people that
read these magazines will vary
from an age of teenagers to
middle class people, the gender
is likely to be male.

7. RNB/ Hip Hop
RNB/Hip Hop- These magazines
look cool and edgy, similar to the
rock magazines however in a
slightly different way. Instead of
the emphasise being on tattoos
ect it deals more with sex appeal
and objectifying people. This is
effective because a lot of the
lyrics in Hip hop and RNB are very
provocative and sex related. The
structure is laid out very simply
with a simple colour scheme. I
believe that people who read
these magazines are between the
ages of 16-28 and they enjoy
dancing and booty shaking !