The magazine focuses on bands 5 Seconds of Summer, The Vamps, and Ariana Grande. 5SOS receives the most coverage as the cover story. The articles are aimed at young females and discuss shopping, exclusive interviews with pop stars, and learning more about celebrities. The magazine features many popular artists with teenage girls, including 5SOS, One Direction, and Ella Henderson to attract readers. Products advertised include clothing, makeup, and other female accessories to appeal to the target audience.

1. Homework 1
Content Analysis – Top of the Pops

2. Main Sections
From the front over of this magazine we know
that the main sections are about the band
‘5SOS’, The Vamps and Ariana Grande. The
feature of this issue is going to be about 5
Seconds Of Summer as it is the cover story of
the magazine. They are also taking up the most
room on the cover as well as bigger text than
the other articles. The bigger the image and
text, the more important the article will be in
the magazine and generally how much
coverage they will get.

3. What are the articles about?
The articles in this magazine are all aimed at young females.
This is shown through the continual colour scheme of pink
and white which show happiness and positivity. The articles
are about shopping which is conventional for a girls
magazine, an ‘exclusive interview’ with pop stars, and articles
which let the reader get to know a bit more about celebrities
and artists. All these aspects will draw teenage girls to this
magazine as it’s what they are interested in reading.

4. What bands/artists are included?
Many bands/artists are used in this magazine such as Ella
Henderson, One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer which are all
very popular with the target audience for Top Of The Pops, young
teenage girls. These will all stand out to the reader which will
make them want to read the magazine if it has images of their
favourite bands and artists on the front cover. A mixture of male
and female artists are featured in the magazine as this will also
entice readers. Teenagers will read about female singers as they
will be able to relate to them, but also boy-bands as teenage girls
all tend to have a ‘crush’ on one member or another.

5. What type of products are advertised?
In this particular double page spread, various ‘girly’ products are being advertised
on a ‘wish list’. These items mainly consist of clothing, make-up and other female
accessories. This will also catch the attention of young teenagers because they will
associate these products with the artists and celebrities in the magazine, enticing
them into buying these products to be more like the singers who they look up to.
All these goods also have a female colour scheme, again appealing to their target
age range.