Top Of The Pops Magazine

Masthead , the font and the position of the masthead usually stays the same , for continuity , readers would be able to recognise it as soon as they see the masthead without having to scrutinize the shelves to find this magazine.

Puff, it advertises a part of the magazine that would appeal to the audience this magazine is targeted at ; youth, primarily young teenager girls. This is because many girls are obsessed with appearance and fashion, so this puff would obviously appeal to them as they’d love to be a “style sensation”.

BBC, one of the most trusted and independent broadcasting companies in the world. The BBC is a trusted network, therefore it makes parents comfortable purchasing this magazine as the letters “BBC” are trusted by many.

Skyline, this promotes articles and ‘bargains’ with in the magazine. Here it talks about kissing. This shows the kind of audience the magazine is aimed at. Young teenage girls. As this is what is on their minds a lot, kissing is a part of sexual intimacy . This tells us how 20th century teenagers mind set has changed compared the previous generations.

Masthead, this is what avid readers of this particular magazine would look for . This usually has to stay the same as it provides continuity for the audience. However, this is a June 1997 issue of this magazine, the previous “Top Of The Pops “ magazine I looked at had a completely different style. This is because as the era changes, so does style, music and fashion, to keep up with trends , the magazine had to change their masthead into a more attractive one that would be compel the new generation to buy their magazine.

Puff, this advertising a part of the magazine, here it is about gossip, on the more recent issue of “Top Of The Pops”, it focuses more on fashion and boys . This shows how the these two generations differ, and what interested young girls , teenage, in the 19th century and what interests girls in the current century. It shows the change in environment and music and how these two generation’s have been indoctrinated.

Puff, skyline, pug.; I can’t pin point what this actually is but I’d class it as all three. It advertises and promotes what’s in the magazine. It’s not show clearly here but it advertises celebrities that were big during this time. If you compare it to the 2012 issue, you’d see a huge difference, it advertise sexuality and engaging in mild activities showing how much freer and how much the new generation’s views have changed on sexual activities such as kissing.

Q Magazine

Masthead, The letter “Q” in white, on a red background shows the magazine is for an older market , it’s sophisticated and simple , older audiences that are middle class and upper would tend to buy this magazine.

Anchorage, links in with the image of Chris Martin. These are quotes from his article which shows that the magazine is very wordy and literate. Something an older audience would look for.

Shows genre of music this music magazine is of by pose, rock, as it’s an edgy and wild facial expression.

Masthead, in Q magazine they have not changed the positioning of their masthead from this issue that was released in 1990 compared to the one released in 2001.. However, the colour scheme has changed which shows that this magazine is keeping up with the trends and the demand of the present/future.

This 19th century issue compared to the 20th century issue, has more flash’s with buzz words. This shows us what people their audience liked at this time, which is different to now.

Has more celebrity features in this issue compared to the 20th century issue and shows more images , then the 2001 issue.