Language: On the front cover, the words used are sort of
like hooks in the sense that they do not give too much away with certain things
in the magazine, however they give enough for a person to be interested and
sort of have an outline on what’s inside. The language used (phrases) such as
“I WANT TO KILL MEMBERS OF MY BAND!” appeal to people as its gossip and
interesting for certain viewers to know about the lives of their favourite rock
bands. The fact that it’s all written in capital letters therefore connotes
that it could be pretty important or interesting and therefore people do not
miss it (makes it more eye catching).
Institution: “Rock Sound” is produced by Patrick Napier who
is the publisher of the magazine. It is not produced by any particular company
or organisation. It published and edited by a small institution published by
Patrick Napier and edited by Ben Patashnik.
Audience: The magazine “Rock Sound” is aimed at the younger
generation and not particularly at a certain gender either. On the other hand,
I’d say that the magazine is brought more by girls than boys due to the fact
that there are more girls that listen to bands that boys as boys tend to listen
to more rap music. I think that the magazine has more power of the audience as
viewers would be reading about their favourite bands, and almost mimic what
they do. Magazines like this influence the decisions of what people make in
day-to-day life.
Representation:
Generally, when you see a rock magazine cover, you expect quite dark
unearthly colours on the front cover however this is not therefore the editors
have gone against the typical conventions of a rock magazine in order to make
it more colourful. However, you can also say that they’ve tried to sort of
merge the stereotypical rock magazine with a more colourful one as they have
only used 4 colours which consist of two typical rock band colours; black and
red; and two different colours: blue and yellow.
WWW: An interesting analysis covering the key concepts.
ReplyDeleteEBI: It would be great to see the magazine cover so make sure you upload it. Also think about audience and institution - have you any evidence to back up your point about gender and genre?
LR: Is there really no publisher for the magazine? Research this and comment below:
Hi sir, I've responded to your EBI's by putting in the cover of the magazine. I also had written the point about the publisher of the magazine in paragraph 2 but you might have missed that or something.
ReplyDeleteInstitution: “Rock Sound” is produced by Patrick Napier who is the publisher of the magazine. It is not produced by any particular company or organisation. It published and edited by a small institution published by Patrick Napier and edited by Ben Patashnik.
(as above)