Key image dominates contents pages, directs reader to read the segment in the magazine about the artist. Reader knows that this artist is on the front cover of the magazine without looking at the front cover. Reinforced as she is the first feature mentioned- invites reader to read about her. Shows she is the main attraction of this edition of spin magazine as she has a pink guitar in her hand, suggests that she makes music in the pop-rock genre.

Doesn’t adhere to conventions of a contents page as doesn't have ‘Contents’ as a title on the contents page, however, other conventions such as page numbers, features and a quote from the main feature of this edition of the magazine tells the reader it is a contents page. Therefore suggests that this magazine doesn’t need to directly tell reader it is a contents, it speaks through the other conventions visually.

Reader is constantly reminded about the magazine through the Logo, increases the familiarity with the magazine. This is emphasized through the magazine title being in red, which is an alarming colour, behind the artist.

The quote gives the reader a more detailed impression about the artist and what type of artists are featured on their magazine- artists who purely love music, which is reinforced through her pose, suggesting that she wants to be hidden from a light, perhaps the paparazzi and media, who focus on aspects of personal life as opposed to their actual profession and interest in music.

The features of the magazine on the contents page is well organised, with blurbs informing the reader of what topics will be discussed in the magazine. Its professionalism and well put layout suggests that this magazine is for a mature audience who are still into music of the pop/rock , i.e. sixth form students and university students who have an interest in music.

OVERALL MESSAGE: A magazine about music primarily as opposed to celebrity gossip like other conventional music magazines. Therefore may appeal to an older audience, however can still appeal to youth aged 15-17 who like music or perhaps want a music career.

Key image dominates contents pages, directs reader to read the segment in the magazine about the artist. Reader knows that this artist is on the front cover of the magazine without looking at the front cover. Reinforced as she is the first feature mentioned- invites reader to read about her. Shows she is the main attraction of this edition of the magazine. Almost looks like a doll-suggests she is perfect- is a ideology seen with pop artists, which explains why when something negative is seen about them in the media, it is emphasised as it breaks their perceived sense of perfection by their audience.

‘Contents’ in lower case letters which gives a sense of being naive which is a trait that is associated with an audience (stereotypical young teenagers) that have an interest in ‘bubble-gum’ pop artists such as Katy Perry. This links with the expression on the artists’ face, which gives off a naïve impression. Lets reader be aware of what genre the edition of the magazine focuses on.

The quote gives the reader a more detailed impression about the artist and what type of artists are featured on their magazine- ‘A girl who had some sass’ automatically encourages the reader to connect with her as a person rather than a musician, which can link to what type of news is featured on this magazine- not only music news but also personal life –which is what young teenagers who are interested in mainstream music and social life are dominantly represented to be interested in.

The features of the magazine on the contents page is well organised, with blurbs informing the reader of what topics will be discussed in the magazine. However, not a lot of information is given in textual form on the contents page, which may be to not give too much away and flood the reader, inviting them to want to read more about topics in the magazine.

OVERALL MESSAGE: Magazine that focuses on music artists and their personal life- celebrity ‘gossip’- a convention seen in magazine that appeal to a teenage audience who are into social media and mainstream music like Pop.

Magazine cover as key image: connects what will be in the magazine with how it is set out on the front cover- shown through arrows on the image of the front cover with the page number it will be on. Visually more easy to understand, suggests that this appeals to a young teenage audience as it isn’t laid out like a conventional contents page with blurbs and headings, however arrows are used instead- young teenagers can identify with this more as arrows are used in high school work with spider diagrams which are seen as more visually helping as opposed to a lot of text- so directly makes a link between its target audience and how they set out their contents page.

‘Inside the mag…’ as opposed to ‘contents page’: Abbreviation of magazine ‘mag’ may suggest that this appeals to a younger teenage audience, as mag is a colloquial term for magazine, automatically invites the reader to believe that the audience have a big interest in their social life. In pink- stereotypical colour associated with teenage girls, implies that this magazine is dominantly appealing to teenage girls.

Many headings of different features in the magazine including We <3 Shopping, We <3 Boys and Celebs and gossip. Gives audience a variety of features to be looking forward to. Celebs and gossip is its biggest feature, suggesting that this is the main attraction of the magazine which appeals to its target audience as young teenage girls who have a interest in the social media will be able to identify and empathize with some of what the celeb and gossip feature includes. Features on male artists are highlighted in yellow, suggesting that that is their audiences favourite features. Also includes competitions and shopping, a dominant ideology of what younger teenage girls like and think about in their personal life. Their target audience aren’t wealthy as they are teenage students, so the feature Wins and Offers will appeal to them, especially when the competitions are associated with their interests (seen through The Wanted- a group who have the same/similar audience as this magazine.

OVERALL MESSAGE: Magazine focuses on the readers interests more in comparison to the pop music genre. This is seen through a variety of features, the biggest feature being about Celebs and gossip, which highlights that they conform to the dominant ideologies associated with their target audience- their target audience have an interest in their social life and media (seen through the feature Celebs and gossip ) and their personal being and the latest trends (seen through the feature We <3 Boys and We heart shopping)