magazine content analysis

In today's lesson we looked at 2 types of magazines aimed at two different audiences one being NME , a music magazine aimed at males aged 16-23 into indie/rock music. We looked into the content of the magazine and how it links in with the the target audience .

We were asked to count up the amount of adverts, features etc. In the magazine and make a pie chart here is our results.

 Advertising reflects the hobbies and interests of the target audience for example they might advertise perfume in a women's fashion magazine .
many of the adverts featured in NME were full page ones however there was various adverts fit onto a double page. these adverts were for things such as gigs,album promo as well as phone adverts etc.
The editorial was found on one of the last pages near to the games and was just a thin column  however there was no letter pages .

 I was able to realise that the magazine doesn't just make a profit from selling the magazines alone but are payed to advertise ans when counting the adds up today in class i was able to see exactly how much the magazines  advertise.

My second magazine was aimed at a very different target audience, this being teen girls aged 12-15. Top of the Pops had much more adverts as you will see in the pie chart below , it was interesting to see the types of things being advertised (eg: makeup) nothing much to do with music but more to do with personal image and 'glamour’. The adverts in this magazine unlike the other one consisted of a lot more page adverts.

The editorial again was found at the back but this time taking up the whole last page. There was a letter page in this magazine; it took up a double page. Additionally in NME it had a lot more text then TOTP but that does link in with the target audience and being able to appeal to that specific audience