POP MAGAZINEA Pop Magazine is a type of magazine that

talks about cultural activities or commercial products reflecting, suited to,

or aimed at the tastes of the general masses of people.

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Key Components:

The colors of this magazine are mainly composed by a dark background, usually shades of gray and black, with a Pop Star in the middle of the page, which face occupies almost all the cover.

The female Pop Stars are usually represented with a face full of

make up and provocative clothes. The sexual innuendo is also underlined by the deep stares and the mouth slightly open. The male gender is mainly dressed in black or gray and the general image is less fleshy than the women one.

This type of magazine attracts teenagers interested especially in

pop music because they are attracted by these powerful and stunning people. In fact the main dream of most of young girls is to appear sexy and amazing like their favorite Pop Star.

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THE POPS

Key Components:

In this case the magazine is clearly more girly. In fact the main colors

are the bright pink for the name of the magazine and shocking colors for the other writings.

The main image of the cover shows usually a teen idol like One Direction

or Justin Bieber. The Pop Stars in this case are not asked to do sensual poses or faces, instead they look happy and cheerful with their colorful outfits and smiley expressions.

The main image is not the only Pop Star showed in the cover. In fact the

magazine tries to fit in one page all the main faces and writings present in the magazine to make the page look more full and happy.

This type of magazine attracts really young girls who are more interested

in looking at the images than in reading proper articles. They just want a beautiful face to stare at.

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Key Components:

This magazine doesn’t include the colors like the main thing to

sell the magazine. In fact the background in almost all the covers is a plain white or maybe a really light gray and the only dribble of color is given by some of the writings.

The main thing that stands out from the cover is the main image.

For this magazine almost all the covers are represented by a girl or a woman. The look is more scandalous than the other two magazine. In fact the Pop Star appears not only semi-naked but also with a provocative expression.

This magazine maybe is addressed to a young audience of girls

that are desperately trying to appear sexy or also to many young boys attracted by the stunning women in the cover.

Conventions:

The audience expect:

First of all to recognize the main image as their favorite pop star or a singer of witch they like his/her music.

Colorful covers that represents pop stars with happy faces and giant smiles.

Covers with less color but filled with a more provocative side of their favorite Pop Stars.

Stereotypes:

The women or girls are usually shown only like dolls who

are too cute to be even real. The other possibility is that they are represented like sexy powerful women just with a change of make up and a less layer of clothes.

The men or boys are not used like the women. In fact they

can just wear a suit and make a straight face or either a more happy and also fake one.

The audience expect to see their idols always at the best,

especially in the magazines. That’s why usually the articles inside the magazine are really superficial, talking more about their“perfect” private lives than their music.

In The End…

To sell this type of magazine, the key points

are: a beautiful happy face, a lot of different

colors and writings and less serious articles.