This magazine is targeted at teenage girls aged 11-14 who enjoy pop music, celebrities, and fashion. It features interviews and gossip about popular boy bands and female artists. The magazine uses bright colors, bold fonts, and informal language to appeal to its young female readership. Images of celebrities, quizzes, posters, and opportunities to win prizes also aim to attract teenage girls interested in pop culture.

2. • Published monthly by BBC Magazines priced at £2.10
• It features chart information, quizzes, song lyrics, posters and is seen as a
supplementary magazine for the TV show ‘ Top of the Pops’
• It was launched in February 1995 and is famous for giving the girl group
‘ The Spice Girls ‘ their nicknames
• It was originally marketed as the missing link between Smash
Hits and NME but it’s format was gradually changed, with less music
content and a demographic shift to young girls between the ages of 11-14
• Despite the TV show being cancelled the magazine is still published today
• The magazine has had several editors over the years including, Peter
Lorraine, Corinna Schaffer and Rosalie Snaith and contributing editors
including Adam Tanswell , it’s curent editor is Peter Hartmagazine
• More information can be found at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops_(magazine)

3. Bold masthead, use House style/colour scheme is pink yellow Use of flasher: attracts
of black shadow white and blue, bright colours which stand out readers attention the
makes it stand out these are typically girly colours so this suggests word ‘new’ is written in
more attracting the the magazine is targeted at young girls yellow in order to stand
reader. Logo out and against the pink
Header: Mentioning of a background it works well
free gift inside attracts the Main image is of a well known
target audience, the fact they boy pop band, this suggests
are cinema tickets suggests that is aimed at younger aged
this magazine is for a younger people into pop music and
audience the word ‘free’ is more likely to be females.
written in yellow in order to Coverlines: ‘soap boys’ written
stand out and ‘cinema tickets’ in bubbly white font to grab
is also written in a different the readers attention and the
colour to grab the readers use of yellow font for ‘stripped
attention and against the pink helps to draw the reader in
background this works really more, the use of cheesy
well. language again suggests this
magazine is for a young
Pull quote- written in white
audience and as it is on about
bubbly font in order to stand out, Footer: number 7 is yellow in
again helps us to realise this mag order to stand out along with boys ‘stripping’ it would be fair
is targeted at a younger age group the white bubbly text against to say this magazine is targe
-ted more at females
as language is informal/direct and pink background makes it
cheesy more eye-catching Barcode/date/issue no.

4. This magazine is targeted at girls aged 11-14, Images: main image is of a well known boy band
with a strong interest in pop music, male and associated with pop and on the front cover pop
female celebrities, gossip, TV shows, films and artists are featured e.g. Kelly Clarkson and girls
make-up etc we know this because.. aloud these artists/bands are from the pop genre
Main cover line: use of language too and therefore suggests
here is cheesy and informal so someone interested in pop music
therefore suggests it is aimed at would read this magazine as it is
clearly from the pop genre. And
younger people, the topic being
the use of well known
discussed being cringes and kissing artists/bands being on the front
would lead us further to believe would attract them
that it is aimed at females, we can Language used: ‘you’ll look like a
also see this through the choice of star’ this attracts the reader
colour being girly pinks/whites. making them believe that by
buying this magazine it will help
Layout: is simple and easy to them to achieve a ‘star like’ look.
follow, with the rule of thirds This also reinforces the idea that
being used. The simplicity of the the reader of this magazine would
be interested in fashion
layout again suggests it is for a
Coverlines: ‘314’ is written in
younger target audience yellow in order to stand out and the ‘and’ symbol is too, this is done to Grab the
Sell line: ‘bursting with backstage readers attention emphasise that there is even more prizes to be won etc
gossip’ this suggests it is for a young and this attracts the target audience. ‘party outfit's we know it is targeted
younger audience and as it mentions
This again suggests it is aimed at a
female audience as they are more more at females
likely to be interested in gossip Footer: mentions posters which suggests again that it is for a younger
audience, pictures of the posters which are featured inside ,
Use of bright eye catching feminine attract the target audience. And the bright coloured childlike bubbly
colours attract the target audience outstanding white attracts them

5. Use of bright girly colours Tag: bold outstanding Again images of well know pop
attract the target audience and emphasising it is new bands/artists have been used in
the use of direct language ‘we order to attract the target audience
can’t live without’ enables the also images of music gadgets are
reader to connect with the displayed e.g. MP3 Players, the page
magazine and gives it a friendly itself is very image lead with little
warm atmosphere which text suggesting it is for a younger
suggests that this is aimed at a audience as it is easier for them and
younger audience. more appealing
Mode of address: the language Chance to win: This attracts the
used is very informal and direct e.g. target audience because winning
‘sorry James, it’s not only you things is always fun! And the fact the
who gets us girls gasping. font is white against a red background
We love Dave, too!’ it creates helps it to stand out more and the item
a friendly atmosphere leading which is ‘up for grabs’ is written in a
bolder white font to stand out even
us to believe this magazine
more. The word ‘win’ has been written
is aimed at a younger audience and so this works in completely different colours with a
well. Also the fact is says ‘us girls’ suggests further symbol behind, this makes it eye-
that this magazine is targeted at females catching
Layout/structure: text boxes have been used and black font has been used for the writing. The black font stands out
well against the white background making it easy for the reader. the sub headings are written in a vibrant girly pink to
attract the target audience as this helps us realise that the target audience is for young females Things which are
likely to attract the target audience have purposely been put in a bolder pink text in order to stand out for example
‘SON OF DORK’ the fact this is a pop band again suggests this magazine is related to the pop genre and is a music
magazine. The use of the girly pink colour it has chosen to use suggests further that this magazine is more for young
females. and the fact there isn’t much text again suggests it is for a younger audience

6. Mode of address: ‘the feisty House style/colour scheme: with the use of Main image: the girls
five reveal the truth behind bright pink, vibrant yellow and outstanding are wearing quite
some of their best and worst white the colour scheme has been kept the sparkly glamorous
same being girly and eye catching attracting the
pics. Get ready to cringe!’ this clothing and this
target audience. The use of a purple background
suggests that the target keeps to the theme of girly colours reinforcing suggests that the
audience is young females, it is the idea that this magazine is aimed at young reader of this
friendly informal and direct. females magazine would be
Main Image: into fashion and like
Girls aloud are girly clothing. They are
a well know girl smiling and this
pop band and connotes happiness,
so this also giving a cheerful
reinforces the atmosphere
idea that this is Subheadings: e.g.
‘saucepot alert’ are
a pop magazine
quite cheesy and so
aimed at young reinforce the idea it is
females aimed at a younger
Layout: the use of text boxes with a shadow of yellow around them help them to audience
stand out and the pink bubbly writing used for the subheadings makes it eye-catching and easy for the reader
and the colours are girly attracting the target audience. A girly pink colour is again used to highlight the band
members names to show who it is that is responding/talking, and for the main copy the text is kept black this
keeps it simple and therefore easier for the target audience and against a white background helps it to stand
out more. Not much text has been used and so it is easier for the reader it also suggests it is for a younger
audience being mainly picture based as children prefer pictures rather than reading as pictures are more
appealing and less writing makes it easier for them.