Music magazines have different codes and conventions compared to other genre's of magazines. The four main points of a magazine is the layout, image, text and audience profile. Top of The Pops is a very girly orientated music magazine that focuses on pop music. It digressed from a hit tv series which broadcasted the latest music artists and bands.
Most of the magazines use a colour scheme of pink and purple. These are very girly colours which connote that the target audience is girls. However, this is stereotypical. Most of the magazines with this format are very crowded and full of gossip and information; that is actually really pointless. They also feature real life stories which interest the audience.
The language used could also represent the age of the audience. The magazine uses very simple words and lots of exclamation marks. These are to make the reader more excited and interested.
The font they use for the puffs is clear and I would say it is Sans Serift. They have bolded words that they want to stand out and italiced any quotes.
Top of the Pops has a very gender specific image on the front cover to attract the potential audience. Most of the covers use male role models and they do this to encourage the girls. This is because most of the male role models are their teenage crushes.
After looking at the codes and conventions of teenage girl magazines, I have found some ideas which I could use for my magazine.
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