2. CONVENTIONS
Dominant imagefilling up the whole
cover.
Lower case ‘i’ and
no commas –
informal and
aimed at younger
generation.
Promotion –
encourages
customers to buy
the magazine.
Colours in
dominant
image, colour
coordinate with
writing.
Large masthead –
stands out.
Alliteration makes
this easy to
remember.
Bold teasing
comments –
makes it stand out
on the shelf,
however hard to
read with thick
font and bright
colours.
3. INFLUENCES
• Club scene: music, dance etc.
• Dance music: beat, base etc.
• Fashion: usually glamorous models on the front
page, in fashionable clothing.
• Celebrity culture.
• Drug culture.
• Alcohol: front cover promotes cheap drinks.
4. AUDIENCE
• Those interested in
dance music – this is
usually the younger
generation as these are
who are most likely to go
to clubs.
• Those most likely to enjoy
the Ibiza lifestyle – this is
due to them advertising
this on the front covers of
many of their magazines.
5. TRENDS
• The first issue of this magazine
was printed on 1st February 1983
as a 16 page, black and white
magazine. The first cover was the
American music group Shalamar.
However as the years have gone
by this has slowly changed, now
featuring mainly women on the
font cover.
• Ibiza is also a very common trend
running through all the
magazines (example: photo on
right).
7. CONVENTIONS
Dominant
picture with a
relative artist
Promotional
offers for free
downloads at
the top which
will instantly
appeal to
people.
The theme is
girly and bold
All the writing is in
capitals which
makes it stand
out. The word
‘BLENDER’ is
especially bold
which
emphasizes the
magazine.
The writing is
black and pink
which contrasts
with the white
background to
make it stand
out.
8. INFLUENCES
• Celebrity culture: often seen on front covers
• Chart music: advertised in and on the front
covers of the magazines.
• Fashion: advertised by the celebrities on
magazines covers.
• Trends: influenced by the trends starting by
the fans of pop culture.
9. AUDIENCE
• The younger generation are normally most
interested in pop music. This is normally because
they are most likely to listen to music that is in the
charts. Pop music dominates the music chart in
modern day.
• Celebrity obsessed people as celebrities are
mostly found on the front covers.
10. TRENDS
• Blender magazine has changed a lot in years gone
by. It has updated itself to follow the trends of the
younger generation. For example ; celebrities who
are popular in the media would be put on the front
cover of a magazine like blender to attract the
younger audience who follow celebrity culture.
• The way magazines are also presented has
changed in recent years. For example the majority f
magazines are now viewed over the internet. This
means it attracts more of the social networking and
online based audience; which is known to be the
younger generation.
