Friday, 25 April 2014


1. One of the two conventions used on this magazine front cover are direct mode of address and a model. These two conventions have been used to make the magazine aspirational. The model is something that people may look at use as a roll model. The direct mode of address is used in cover lines. One of the direct address cover lines is "Your party dress code". 

2. The effects of the layout of this magazine front cover have been used to make the main image stand out. The main colours used are red, green and white. The typography is serif. The layout of the front cover of this magazine is symmetrical.

3. On this magazine i feel there is no problem with representation. The model is not dressed in a sexual way and does not come across as promiscuous. This makes a change because most of the time the girl models on front covers are usually wearing very promiscuous clothing.


Friday, 7 March 2014

In a lifestyle magazine there are many issues with representation of the people in them. For example most of the time the girls on the front cover are very sexual and promiscuous and dressed and sexual close. This is not very aspirational because this is not how most teenager should be dressing like. 







Thursday, 27 February 2014


Masthead- This is the title of the magazine. The title of this magazine is Cosmopolitan

Direct address- This is when the main image is looking directly at the reader. It is also when there is text like 'you' and 'your', speaking directly at you.

Model credits- This is when the main images name is on the front cover and is bold and clear. The model on this magazine is Demi Lovato.

Main cover line- This is the cover line that stands out and is most obvious. On this magazine the main cover line is 'SUPERHOT"

Main image- This is the image that stands out the most. On this magazine the main image is Demi Lovato.