Research and Planning: Music Magazine Analysis

Genre: The genre of the magazine this contents page is taken from is alternative rock, this contents page emphasises this genre through the use of images, text and layout. The magazine language is also very 'chatty' and involves the reader "Diddy's down the front having a bit of a mosh (no, seriously)" this links into the target audience's age and class.
Target Audience:
-Age 
         The target audience for this magazine would be 16-25 years old.
-Gender
        They'd be mostly male although some females would enjoy reading it, I know this because of the manly colours used (black, red and white).
-Occupation
        Most of the readers are full time students, this is evident because of the target age of this magazine. However, some may have part-time work or could have left education and be working.
-Class
       I feel this magazine is aimed at middle - high class kids, this is shown through the 'common' type of music which this magazine shows.  
-Interests
      music, gigs, partying. This is shown through the stories this magazine chooses to publish and the age and class of the people targeted. Gigs: is shown via. the article 'The Weeks Best Gigs'. Music: it's a music magazine. Partying: it's aimed at people aged 15-25. 
Layout: The layout of this contents page is bold and eye-catching, there is one large image which is linked to the main article in this magazine. This main story also has a paragraph, written in big font, underneath the image. This makes that particular story stand out from the rest which are written in much smaller font down the right hand side of the page, categorised into different subheadings: NEWS, RADAR, REVIEWS, LIVE!, FEATURES. These subheadings make finding a particular article easy.
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