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  1) How many of the 12 magazine cover key conventions feature on this edition of Reveal? 4 2) What is the font choice used on the cover and what does this choice connote?  sans Serif and this connotes as a lower quality font compared to other magazines   3) How do the cover lines appeal to the Reveal target audience? it talks about diets and women planning  to cheat on their boyfriends 4) What are the connotations of the Reveal colour scheme on this particular front cover? it is feminine and red  connotes to invite you into the magazine 5) How are images used to create interest in the magazine?  it talks about celebrity's and what is going on in their daily lives 6) What differences can you find between the use of design and typography between Tattler and Reveal?  it is more vibrant and tattler is more tailored to rich people and Reveal is more  tailored to middle-lower class 1) What type of celebrities appear on the front cover?  ...

 1) Look at the Tattler Media Pack. Go to page 2: how does the editor introduce the magazine? he says that this magazine is for rich people 2) Now go to page 4 of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine (NOT tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tattler reader? Circulation 80,035 Readership 163,000  Average HHI £261,572  Female 73% ABC 83% AB 51% Average Age 41  London/SE  3) Look at page 6. What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend? £843 MILLION  4) Go to page 10. What are the special editions of Tattler that run throughout the year? What does this suggest about the Tattler audience? What about the pyschographic audience group that best fits Tattler? JANUARY Travel Guide  MARCH  Weddings Guide  APRIL   Beauty &...

  1) Write a definition of   representation  in media studies. The way the media portrays the world.  2) Now look at the cover of Closer magazine above. List all different types of people and groups represented on the front cover.  .women, celebrities, race 3) What does the representation of women on this front cover suggest female audiences are mainly interested in? celebrities 4) Are there any  stereotypes  you can identify? motherhood; celebrities  5) Is there anything on the cover that subverts typical stereotypes in the media?    yes 6) What is the preferred reading of this magazine cover - what do the producers want audiences to think when they see it? motherhood 7) What is the oppositional reading of this magazine cover - how might someone criticise this magazine cover or be offended by it? that women only have babies  8) What are the social and cultural contexts to this magazine cover? What effect might this magazine have on...

 1) List the  three  most important magazine cover conventions in your opinion and explain  why  for each one. one of the most improtant things in a magazine is the colur scheme as the colurs might attract the consumer to buy the magazine. another is the slogan as it sums the cover in a cople of words.another is the price as it is  usually small so they do not get in the way of the image or content or information. 2) Identify as many of the magazine cover conventions as you can and write a list of where they appear on this cover of Closer. As an extension, you could also write about the preferred reading for the convention - what the magazine is trying to communicate to the audience.  The title of publication is 'Closer' and appears in the top left of the magazine cover in large white text on a pink background.