In the following essay I will discuss and compare 2 different front covers of magazines

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In the following essay I will discuss and compare 2 different front covers. I will write about whom the target audience is, what they benefit, the similarities, what to the publishers receive, what the advertisers receive and finally my opinion on both magazines.

In the first magazine which is “MATCH”. This magazine is aimed at football fans and women who think some footballers are good looking. This appeals to the fans because they want to keep up to date with all the latest info and to see if there are any other freebies that come with it. It appeals to women because they mainly just probably take the pictures and some poster that may come with it. The illustrations on the front cover has a great effect as people like to know which players are featuring and that they know there not getting any old rubbish magazine and it leads them to know what they are going to be reading. It will appeal to a potential reader because it has plenty off pictures which makes is action packed and exhilarating with small phrases next to the players mouths. The layout of this magazine is good because it fills nearly every bit off the page and has no unused places. The language that’s used in this is quite easily understood and quite mainly aimed as teenagers. The title for this is probably red because in a match red is associated with red card which means a player gets sent off,

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In the second magazine “Sugar”. The target audience this magazine is young teenagers up to 20 because It makes teenagers buy this magazine as it shows some gossip and it also gives advice like “kissable lips”. The other type of audience is boys as they will feel that the female is very attractive and buy it for the picture. The magazine is persuading teenagers to do a lot off things and also making them think before they do something that they may regret. This is giving a brief indication to what the contents of the magazine are and other ...

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