This magazine targets teenage girls with its focus on cheesy pop music and artists. It uses bright colors, bubbly fonts, and photos of attractive male celebrities to appeal to this audience. The main story focuses on the movie High School Musical, reflecting the target age group. Additional short descriptions of other pop artists aim to intrigue readers and show the variety of content inside.

2. Bringing in the audience by
showing they can get By having Katy Perry on the
freebies by purchasing this front of the magazine it
magazine, helping them shows this is a professional
keep up to date with the magazine and can afford to
‘Hot’ music around. have her as a model of
there magazine. It also
Having a thick, bold and obvious represents the genre of the
title attracts the audience to the magazine as a whole as Katy
magazine, also by having the model Perry is known as one of the
of Katy Perry covering the middle biggest pop icons around.
of the title it shows that this This will attract the
magazine is a well known magazine audience in different ranges
which would be recognisable for if they are a fan of this
without having the entire title on artist or if they want to
show, this shows its popularity know what is happening.
which could put across to the
By having a plain white
reader that this is a professional
background makes the
magazine which knows what it is
model, title and bits of
going on about.
information around the
Having small sections of magazine stand out more, this
information which shows what is will make it more obvious to the
included within the magazine will audience and make it easier for
intrigue the person viewing this the readers to find if looking for
magazine to want to know more this particular magazine.
about what is inside this Having a website placed on the magazine
magazine, Also by including shows it ranges in information which it can
competitions which the audience provide about the music and information
can get involved with provides within this magazine, giving more of a range
more of an interest also. of ways to find this out to their audience.

3. By having artists such as the Arctic
With the title of the Monkeys it shows that this is not the
magazine it is in large red typical pop magazine with people such
writing which stand out from as Rihanna etc within the magazine and
the rest of the magazine as It it shows it is more of a Rock/Indie sort
covers a chunk of the of magazine which shows it would
magazine to represent what apply to a different audience showing
it is. Having the magazine that this magazine is different to the
called NME but only showing one before. Also by having the typical
NM it shows that the colours of red, yellow and black it
magazine is well known and shows this magazine is not created to
that the audience will still appeal to only one gender and that
know what the magazine is they aim to appeal to both females and
and what it males.
represents, Having a white
outer line creates a bold With the image of Lily Allen, her
effect. fashion sense shows a punk edge to
it, showing a laid back/care free
characteristic which relates to the
Having the main story title in sub heading beside her, by doing this
such big text and having it it continues with the theme of the
stand out as much as the title magazine which is punk/rock and will
itself it shows that this is the draw in the audience. Also by the
main story of this magazine as deep makeup and pale face with the
a whole. Also with this dark hair this continues the punk
headline, it has a punk edge to image when you usually wouldn’t
it which fits in with the rest of relate to an artist such as Lily Allen.
the magazine and fits in with As on this magazine it only shows one main story on the front which takes up the entire
the genre of the magazine as a front cover almost, at the bottom they have still managed to add what else the magazine
whole. holds showing different bands and artists which you would usually relate to this sort of
magazine, this provides a lot of information as well as the fact it has a website on the front

4. Having the title in a Further more, providing posters
bubbly, enthusiastic and girly font within the magazine of attractive
it shows you that the target males shows that this is a magazine
audience is mainly towards which is aimed towards young
females. Having it so the models females which may watch typical
are over the majority of the title it shows such as Hollyoakes and would
proves this is a popular magazine enjoy having this input within the
and can do this and still have their magazine, this is also represented
audience knowing which magazine with the colours which are used such
it is. Having ‘Pops’ in the title it as a lot of pink throughout the page
shows the genre of the magazine and a light baby blue as the
which is cheesy pop which would background, creating a fun and lively
relate to young teenage girls sense to the magazine.
meaning it follows the magazine
as a whole and keeps the same With the main image on the
theme throughout. magazine been high school
musical main characters, this
Here it shows several different shows the age of the audience as
artists with little sections describing this film also attracts young
their part of the magazine, this shows girls, also this represents the
it is full of pop related artists which cheesy pop theme throughout the
would interest the audience. The image as this is a Disney channel
creator of the magazine might feel film which holds cheesy music.
cluttering it with pictures would
attract their audience the Having the price and the barcode in
most, where as with NME they only the bottle right of the magazine
hold one story on the front of the The structure of this magazine is a lot more keeps the whole theme of a typical
magazine and then a little section bubbly and creative, with the ‘plus’ what is magazine, also providing a website
providing little bullet points of what inside the magazine it takes up a little section will provide more information for
it inside, this shows how two but provides photos for the readers, this the readers and create more of a
different genres are represented shows its audience would relate more to wider range of ways this magazine
differently. photos rather than information. works, such as games etc.