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Audience research - AS media

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Picture of music magazine in a shop

The magazines in the middle are more eye catching than the ones around the outside. This would draw peoples attention from the people walking by. Also the magazines in the middle are more mainstream than the ones around the outside, this make readers see the mainstream ones first and are more likely to buy them.It is important to have more central magazines to be more eye catching as it will make people that do not often read magazines consider reading these magazines, this would bring in more income for the shop and the company that sells that magazine.It is important to make a magazine eye catching when designing a magazine as it will make regular and non-regular readers more likely to want to buy the magazine.

Music magazine comparison - NME

NME was first published in 1952. In the first decade of being published artists such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were featured on the cover.

The genre of NME is generally rock, alternative, and indie but has had a variety of artists such as Rihanna and Jay-Z in more recent years. This shows that NME is able to adapt to whatever is popular in the music industry at the time.

NME was first published as a music newspaper then changed to a magazine format in the 90s and has always been released one a week.

NME also has a chart list, however the NME chart is in the magazine.

The masthead for NME is the letters ‘NME’ and then the brand ‘new musical express’ this gives the magazine a link to its traditional roots of early years after publishing as it was originally called New Musical Express but was abbreviated to NME to be more catchy to readers. The masthead is very clean around the edges compared to the Kerrang! logo, this could show that the magazine is proper and is a clean magazine.

The main story is usually in much bigger font compared to the other stories, this emphasizes the story and the main story is usually linked to the artist that is on the cover, this makes it easier for the reader to understand what will be in the magazine most, this helps them decide whether they will want to buy the magazine.

The cover of NME is usually just the main image and the titles of the story around the edge, this means that the reader wont get confused when they look at the cover and they will be able to understand very quickly what the stories of the magazine will be.

Much like Kerrang! there are stories on the cover that are not about an artist, but are about music as an example there is ‘The state of music today’ this addresses the issue of music changing and whether that is good or not.

Music magazine comparison - Kerrang!

Kerrang! was first published in 1981. when it first was published it featured acts such as Bon Jovi, Slayer, and Poison on the cover.

The theme constantly changes but started as thrash and glam metal, but in the mid 90s changed to grunge.

In the 2000’s the genre changed again to become emo and metalcore, however this was criticized as they emphasized on it so much.

When Kerrang! was first published, it was in a magazine format and was released once a month, but soon changed to once a fortnight, then changed again to once a week.

Kerrang! started their Rock chart list in March 2012, however it is not featured in the magazine itself and is featured on Kerrang! TV and Kerrang! Radio.

The masthead for Kerrang! is the name ‘Kerrang!’ with cracks around the edge of each letter and lines going though each letter, the cracks around the letters could be the magazine suggesting that we are all corrupted and are starting to show cracks much like the letters in the logo is. The masthead also has an exclamation mark at the end of the word ‘Kerrang’ this could be because the genre they cover is more exciting than other music magazines around.

The main story titles on Kerrang! are usually right in the middle of the page, this would attract the readers attention better than having them at the side or at the bottom of the page, there is also more emphasis on the main story as it is usually in a different font to the rest of the stories.

There is almost always a lot going on on the cover of Kerrang! this could be because it makes the magazine more exciting than others that are on the magazine stand so would stand out more. They also have competitions advertised on the cover, if the competitions are exciting then this could make readers more likely to buy the magazine as they have a chance to win something.

Most of the time, the stories on the cover of Kerrang! are about artists in the genre, however it is common that the stories are sometimes about activities to do with the genre of music, for example they have had a story titled ‘Can moshing kill you?’ this is relevant to the genre of rock as at rock concerts moshing is an event that can occur regularly.

Analysis of music magazine contents pages

Analysis of music magazine covers