This magazine cover features Snoop Dogg wearing a Christmas outfit while smoking a candy cane. The large image of Snoop Dogg aims to attract both male and female readers by showing his "cool" persona. Small text includes a "buzzword" of "ultimate" to draw readers' attention to a special gift guide article. Minimal pricing and date information signals this is a working class magazine focused on content over cost.

2. • Clash • NME
• Echoes • The Wire
• Froots • Songlines
• Jazzwise • K Mag (Knowledge
Magazine)
• Kerrang!
• Billboard
• Mojo
• Q magazine
• Music
• Rolling Stone

4. • The rolling stone music magazine was founded by
Jann Simon Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason in 1967,
San Francisco, California. Co-founder Wenner is the
publisher of the magazine and he is also still the
magazine‟s chief editor. In 1990, the magazine
wanted to appeal to a younger readership, so the
political coverage that once were in the magazine
was replaced by popular music, youth-oriented
television shows and movie actors. This made the
magazine known for all over the world.

5. • Billboard magazine was founded in 1894 by
William H. Donaldson and James Hennegan.
This magazine was first a trade paper for the
bill posting industry, and later on in 1961, it now
became a magazine for the music industry.
Tommy Page is now the publisher of the
magazine. Billboard maintains the most popular
music in the world.

7. Date and price
This is supposed to appear in all Buzz word
magazines. They don‟t want to draw the The ‟buzz words‟ makes the
audience‟s attention and they have audience feel special and more
chosen to use a smaller font because of involved. Using the words ‟special
this. The price of this magazine is 2.30 edition‟ draws the audiences
and this price shows that its not to attention and they want to buy
expensive but that very cheap eigter. this magazine because they get
something special that is not
common to get.
Masthead
Here it‟s used Sans serif font. Layout
The colour of the font is pink, The layout is simple, with
and the reason for that is not much captions, pictures
because this issue is aiming and text. This shows that
for the female gender and this this edition of the magazine
colour is associated with girls. is focused on few things, like
this one which focuses on
Rihanna. I would say that
Main image this cover is very colourful
The main image is a big photo of because of the pink layout
the celebrity ‟Rihanna‟. She is and this attracts the female
wearing a black top with a blue gender.
short and they are quite
fashionable. Rihanna looks
straight to the camera, and her
Main heading
This heading is almost as big
eyes can suggest that she is
as the masthead and when
flirting with the audience and this
we read this, we know that
can attracts the male gender.
this magazine is going to
This photo can also attract the
have something with Rihanna
female gender, because she is a
in it.
good looking girl. Boys want to
be with Rihanna and women
wants to be like her.

8. Masthead
In this magazine, there is used sans serif font.
The colour of the font is white, and two Main image
of the letters are filled with a little childish colours. The main image is of a
This can be because there is a celebrity called Miley Cyrus.
picture of Miley Cyrus, and She is wearing a black leather
she is usually associated with thing, and holding a big ‟M‟ in
Disney. her hands. As we know Miley
Cyrus, we know that she got
Buzz word
famous through Disney, and
There is a banner in the
with her clothing and attitude in
corner that says: ‟Don‟t miss‟.
her face, we can understand
This draws in the audience
that she wants us to see her as
and make the readers want
something else than a innocent
to find out what they can‟t
Disney girl. We also
miss that is so important.
understand that this is the case
when we read what stands
Layout under her name. This cover
Colourful layout, a little image will attract the female
busy but quite clean gender because they want to
and modern. The purple be like her, and it also attract
colour in the the male gender because they
background is a think she is good looking and
contrast to her black want to be with her.
body and the bronze
letter in the front. The
purple colour can
attract both women and Barcode
men. The magazine This is used in the front cover so
could have been a the store/place that purchase this,
weekly magazine, get the right prize. Almost every
because the page is magazine have this and it is a
busy, but because of Plug Date and prize normal convention.
the use of fonts, it This + sign stands out and the The date and prize is tiny tiny,
doesnt look like there is audience want to know more of what we can barely see it. The magazine company doesn‟t
a weekly magazine. they get extra in this magazine. want to focus on the prize, because the prize is not
appealing to the audience.

9. Main image
The main image is an image Buzzword Date and price
of the celebrity ‟Snoop Dogg‟. The word ‟ultimate‟ is a word that draws In this magazine, the price and date is so tiny, and
He is wearing a Christmas the readers attention. The reader feels you understand that the publisher of the magazine
outfit and smoking a candy more involved in the magazine and the don‟t want to focus on this price at all. I think this is a
can. He is wearing this want to have this ‟ultimate rock and roll working class status magazine, because you can afford this
because its obviously a gift guide‟. magazine if you want to.
Christmas edition. At the Mast head
same time, he is smoking a The title of the magazine is “rolling
candy can and wearing a stone”. This mast head is
chain around his neck, so recognisable to most people, so it
they bring humour into the doesn‟t matter if we can‟t see the
cover, because everyone whole title in this particular cover.
knows that Snoop Dogg is They are using the font that the
really „cool‟ and care about original ‟rolling stones‟ band uses.
his image, so they needed to We understand that this magazine
do the Christmas outfit more is about music because of the
„Snoop Dogg‟. name and we all know the rollig
stones, so we know that they are
a rock band.
Main heading
The main heading that we see the
best is ”smokin‟ Christmas”. These Layout
two words stands out because they The layout has much red in it, and
are the only white words we can we can see that this cover is going
see. First we read ‟smokin to be a Christmas cover. We have
Christmas‟, and then we read the colours red, gold and white,
‟snoop dogg‟ and then we want to which is very normal to use when
know more, so this is a good it‟s Christmas. The page is quite
example of getting the reader busy, and there is a lot going on.
interested. Now you have the There is some gold stars placed
chance to see how Snoop Dogg around in this cover and they give
lives, and that is something that the ultimate christmas feeling. I will
Plug say that the layout is busy, but at
attracts the buyers when they see I will say that ‟free online‟ is a thing that stands
the cover of the magazine. the same time clean, and I enjoy
out and get the audience attention. It‟s a bold font
looking at this cover.
and it‟s black so it will stand out.

11. Main image Main heading
This is an image of the The main heading is
celebrity „Lady Gaga‟. ‟lady Gaga‟ and it‟s
The main image take up a placed in the right
whole side in the double upper corner. This
page and this image is heading is not very big
the first thing you look at. and doesn‟t stand out,
Using such a big image but it works. I think
makes the reader everyone knows Lady
interested, because if Gaga and what she
there is too much text, the looks like, so in this
reader won‟t always read case, a big heading
it. The image is in a black isn‟t necessary. The big
and white tone and I think ‟L‟ on top of the article
this works, because of the works as a heading as
big „L‟ in read on the other well, because it stands
side. out.
Layout
The layout is really clean
and nice to look at. The
only colour used is red,
and the rest of the double
page spread is black and
white colours. I think this
double page spread
appeals to the female
gender the most, Date and page site
because of Lady Gaga,
This appears in every magazine and shows
but I think it also appeals
you which page you are on, and which issue
to the male gender
and date/month the magazine was released.
because Gaga don‟t wear
There is often also something that tells
much clothing.
which magazine it is, like in this, there is a
Q, which is the Q-magazine‟s logo.

12. Main heading Main image
The main heading is The main image is an
really long, and I am image of the singer ‟Cher
pretty sure it‟s a quote Lloyd‟. She is wearing
taken from the article. funny, colourful clothes,
The heading takes which is a little bit childish.
almost half of a page She is looking straight into
and it tells something the camera, which creates
about what the article is the effect so the audience
about. There is both feel more involved. The
black and pink colour in photo of her is showed in
the heading, which a whole page of the
makes some words double page spread. This
stands out, and this is a makes the article more
good effect to use if you easy to read, because the
want something to audience don‟t see that
stand out. much text, and then it‟s
more appealing to the
Layout reader.
The layout is very
colourful and it‟s used
a lot of ‟baby‟ pink. Sub heading
There is also some I wouldn‟t say that it is a
yellow parts in the normal type of sub heading
text, that frame in the in this double page spread,
important parts of the but I think the little, pink box
text. The very in the corner is kind of a
Sub image
The sub image in this cover, is also subheading. This is the only
pink and colourful layout, shows us that this double page place Cher Lloyd‟s name is in
spread is aimed for the female gender, or maybe young a photo of Cher Lloyd. Using this
photo in the article, makes the a little bigger font, and when i
girls/teenagers. From this layout, we can also find out that this first looked at this, i saw the
is a cheaper magazine, just because of the colours and the reader more interested, because
then they have something else to photo and then i saw her
way the text is placed. There is not much reading to do in this name in the pink box, so this
article, so this could be a weekly magazine, because they look at when they read, and
pictures is always good to use in is something like the sub
don‟t have time to make a longer and better article. heading.
an article.

13. Main image Main heading
The main image is The main heading is
a big image quite long, it says: ‟girl,
spreading over both you‟ll be a woman soon.
pages. Miley is As we know, this article
sitting on the floor, is about Miley Cyrus,
leaning into the and for those who know
wall. Her clothing is who she is, we know that
dark and a little she is known as a young
rebellious. She is Disney star, and this
looking at the heading indicates that
camera. I will say Miley is trying to grow up
that this image will too fast. The magazine
attract the female chooses to use two
gender the most, different colours in the
because of the heading, and this
main heading, but creates contrast. I think
the male gender they are trying to say
can find this that she is not an adult
interesting because yet.
they want to know
things about Miley.
Layout Date and page site
The layout is really simple, and there is almost no This appears in every magazine and shows you
text at all. The main colours are grey, black and which page you are on, and which issue and
brown. The pink colour in the word ‟girl‟ stands out date/month the magazine was released. There is
from all of these colours. From the layout, this can often also something that tells which magazine it is.
look like a cheap magazine, because there isn‟t I can‟t really see what it says, but I believe it says
much text, but I think the photo looks quite the name of the magazine and the date and page
professional, and also i think the article continues on site.
the next pages, so this magazine doesn‟t need to be
a cheap one.

15. Main image
Categories There is a picture of the
The content page is band “the courteeners”.
split up in categories, This is clearly their
which makes it most important/biggest
easier to find what story in this issue, and
you are looking for. that‟s why there is such
a big photo of them.
Main heading
Layout The main heading is
It‟s used much red simple and just saying
and just black and ”contents”. The font is
white in this content really simple and this
page. This layout is heading doesn‟t steal
quite simple. The red the attention from the
colour is Q- main image. Next to
magazine‟s main the main heading, we
colour, so using this is can see the red ‟q‟,
natural and people that is recognizable by
can understand that many.
they are reading Q.

16. Categories Layout
The content page is split There is used black,
up in categories, which white and red in this
makes it easier to find content page. This
what you are looking for. layout is a little busy
There is a band index, actually. There is a lot
so you easily can find going on and much to
the bands you are look at. The layout of
looking for. There is the content page
news, reviews and makes the magazine
features too. This is look like there is much
very normal in every to read in it, and that
magazine, but it is you get a lot stuff to
different way to set up a read.
content page.
Main images
Plug There is a main image
The advertisement in the middle of the
stands out and the content page. But
audience want to know actually, there is two
more of what they get images put
extra in this magazine. together.There is some
It‟s used the yellow people playing
colour on the text to instruments there, and i
attract the reader. can tell that this is live
photographs, from a
live consert.

17. Layout Main image
The main image is a
It‟s used much black,
image of a man I don‟t
yellow, orange and
know who is, but I think
white on this page.
he is a celebrity and that
Since the background
he is the person that is
is black, the colours
most important in this
really stands out as
issue. The background is
great contrast. Using
black, and the man is a
yellow and orange
big contrast to the
together works well,
background. I think this is
and we can easily find
like this because the
out what we are
reader will notice the
looking for in this
man, and find out more
magazine.
about him.
Masthead Page numbers
The masthead is white, The content page is split
and bigger than the up in page numbers, which
other headings. It‟s makes it easier to find what
used a different font you are looking for in the
then in the rest of the right page. I can see that
content page, and I‟m the numbers and text gets
not sure, but it seems bigger in the right side of
like the font used in the the content page, and I
magazines name think its like this because
”jazzwise”, is the font those things are more
they use in every important and the
magazine and on the magazine makers want to
cover page. show the important and
popular articles more.