We Love Pop. - magazine research analysis *pop music genre*

The main image of well known current pop star, Jessie J, takes up the most amount of space on the page. This is important for the magazine because it gives the reader the indication the article about Jessie J is the main article and the most important for the reader. The visual impact of the page constists of a pink, yellow and white theme. The main image of Jessie J is emphasised as it is a lot bigger than the remaining images which are a lot smaller and scattered around the main image. This layout has been used to relate to the target audience of teenage girls. This layout works well because it links to the stereotype of teenage girls being unorganized and messy.

The images on the page are all of well known, current celebrities in which the target audience will not only be familiar with, but are likely to be fans of. For example, the images used are of pop stars such as Jessie J, Little Mix, Harry Styles, Mcfly and The Wanted. The written content relates to the images on the cover because the text used expresses what the articles are about and why the images are used. For example, the written content underneath the main image of Jessie J states 'JESSIE J The tears, the bullies... & the voice!' which represents that the main article is going to be about Jessie J's early life and her life now.

At the bottom of the page, a pink banner has been used which inludes six images of current celebrities and text explaining what importance they have to the magazine as each of the images are posters. The pink frame around this seperates this part of the page to the rest because it is the only part of the page in a pink banner. The reason for this is because the rest of the cover consists of headlines, images of celebrities and popular clothing. Whereas the pink banner consists of posters included within the magazine.
When looking at the main image, mise-en-scene helps highlight the link to the target audience of teenage girls. This is because Jessie J is wearing fashionable, current clothing which the target audience could be inspired by. The fact that her facial expression shows her feeling happy and looking and the camera allows the audience to also feel happy due to the fact that she is looking at the reader allowing them to feel connected and brings a light-hearted feel to the magazine due to her smile.

The way in which all the images are very light-hearted and consist of young celebrities in which the target audience can relate to and be familiar with, allows a narrative to be formed. This is because the images form a narrative of a happy feeling. For example, the image of Harry Styles allows the audience to believe that the particular image is forming a happy narrative because he is smiling in the picture implying that he is very happy which indicates that the article about him is going to be light-hearted. This links into the relationship that the images have with the audience. Due to the fact that all the images are of well known celebrities in which the target audience (teenage girls) will be very familiar and could possible relate to. The choice of picutres of these celebrities give the reader a sense of inclusion as all the celebrities in the pictures are looking to the camera to allow the audience to feel as if they are looking at them. This creates a positive atmosphere for the magazine. Also, as all the images of are current, well known, popular celebrities that teenage girls can relate to or likely to be fans of, they link well with the target audience for the magazine.

There are a lot of linguistic devices used on the front cover. These have been used to briefly and interestingly explain what the main articles in the magazine are about. For example, we are told that the article on Harry Styles is about his relationship with Caroline Flack as it says 'Harry on Caroline: "I wouldn't dat anyone older than my mum."' Which highlights clearly yet breifly what the content of the article is. Additionally, a lot of slang, phrases used by teenagers and abbreviations have been used on the front cover. For example, 'How to pull a pop star!' has been used which is a phrase used by the target audience of teenagers. This has been used to relate to the target audience and allow them to have involvment in the magazine content. Also, abbreviations have been used, such as 'celebs in love' which is an abbreviation of celebrity and also relates to the target audience as it links to the stereotype of teenagers being lazy and using slang words a lot.

The text used links to the images because it tells the audience what the images are about. For example, underneath the image of Little Mix says 'LOOK LIKE LITTLE MIX! Style secrets revealed!' implying that the reader will find out the types of clothes they need to be wearing to look like on of their celebrity idols.

All the text used is bold font to enable that all readers can clearly understand it and so it is eye-catching because they want to have the audience be drawn into the magazine.
The genre of music (pop) is clearly shown through the name of the magazine (WE LOVE POP), the colours used (pink, white and yellow), the images of well known, current celebrities and the slang and phrases used ('Uh-oh Dappy's on the loose!')