media coursework

1. TASK 1
General questions about music
magazines

2. What is a music magazine?
• A music magazine covers the latest news in
the music industry for specific genres.
• Music magazines provide information and
entertainment
• Music magazine readers are music lovers or
possibly aspiring musicians

3. What content would you expect in a
music magazine?
• Interviews
• Tour dates
• New songs/artists
• Reviews
• Giveaways

4. What images would you expect to find
in a music magazine?
• Artists
• Upcoming event images
• Pictures from concerts and festivals etc
• Studios
• Instruments
• Merchandise

5. Identify general characteristics/
features that you would expect to find
in all music magazines
• Visual style- pictures from artists
• Language – particular to genre
• Frequency of publication – weekly, fortnightly,
monthly
• Cost - £2.50-£4.50
• Format – glossy, thin/or high quality and
online presence

7. Identify the features/characteristics
they all have
• Artist images on all magazines
• Masthead
• Coverlines
• Information about music

8. Why are these features present on all
of the magazines? Why are they
important?
• To persuade - important so the customer
wants to buy
• To entice -also as a way to get the customer to
buy
• To relate –when consumers see a certain artist
of the particular genre they like and instantly
relate to the magazine

9. • Pop music magazine- title shows it pop, artists
on the cover are pop singers
• Audience- young girls (age 10-13 possibly)-
artists appeal to young girls, colours used,
male images and girly patterns.