LIIAR Analysis Of Contents Pages

The contents page of the NME is well structured, making it easy to navigate around to find the article which you want to read. the main article is in the center of the page (which is also the biggest article) with the sub articles around the outside of the main one, the magazine has the same layout as every other week so the audience will know that they are getting the same product that they are used to. the colour scheme of the page is black and white like an old fashioned news paper. The numbers are surrounded by a white box, again making it easier for the consumer to read it. The NME is produced by IPC Media, which began in the 50's, IPC has three divisions, the division that the NME is in is called inspire which is mainly aimed at men however it is likely that females will read it too. The ideas and beliefs of this magazine are to inform music lovers about what is hot and what is not and it also has album reviews so you can decide is you want to get the album or not, you can usually tell if you want to buy the magazine by the cover if it is an artist that you don't particularly like then the magazine is probably going to focus on them or there genre of music. The target audience of the magazine is for predominantly males aged 16-30 purely because of the music artist in the magazine for example Jay-Z, you associate his music with males aged between that age. The magazine also contains album reviews which is something you would find teenagers involved in not someone from the older generation. The NME magazine representations do not really show any character as the page looks like a newspaper, however this can be considered a 'retro' style.

The contents page of the Rolling Stones magazine is like the NME's as it is well structured and rather basic. like the NME the style reminds me of an old newspaper with the font a pretty basic font, and the colour scheme sticking to the basic black, white and red (which is traditionally the colours in which a newspaper would be printed in) however unlike the MNE the Rolling Stones magazine does not have photos for each of the feature articles, but it has one photo for the main article in the magazine, with the rest of the articles written in plain text around the outside of the main feature. the masthead on the contents page is again rather basic, but it follows the same conventions as the previous issues of the magazine, so again frequent consumers will know what they are getting from the magazine. The Rolling Stone magazine is produced by Wenner Media LLC which was founded by Jenn Wenner who is the co-founder and publisher of the Rolling Stone magazine. The ideas and beliefs behind the magazine is to inform Audiences of the music and polotics in the world as well as current affairs. the Target audience for the rolling stone magazine is for the younger generation, as you can tell this by the fact that they are very popular on social media sites such as facebook and twitter, facebook having over one million likes and twitter closing on three million followers. the media pack states that 62% of its readers are male where as only 38% are female, and they have a median age of thirty three years old. The representation of the Rolling Stone magazine, like the NME doesn't have much to say about its self as it is plain like a newspaper, again suggesting the 'retro' style, and making it look Indie.