The magazine balances out the text with pictures. Most of the articles, if not all of them actually have pictures to go with the content of the text not only making it very informative through reading but also through observing the detailed pictures. Such qualities allow magazines well expand on their target audience, allowing people with disabilities who can’t read to understand what the article. One problem with the articles is that they are very lengthy so this type of magazine would be mainly suitable for competent readers.
Top Gear
Reviewing this magazine we learn that it is issued every month at a realistic price of £3.75. The title of the magazine “Top Gear” is well known as it co-insides with the BBC television programme. Immediately from reading the title we know that it is something to do with things in motion hence the “gear” part. When looking at the front cover it instantly becomes apparent that it is about cars. The target audience of “Top Gear” would be appealing to people interested in purchasing a new/used car who are seeking advice, general car lovers who like to read the reviews on cars or people who like to see pictures of cars they may never see in real life. The target audience of this magazine are those who don’t have a limited budget, as more detailed magazines which attribute more relevance to their problems/queries which may need to be solved are on sale at very cheap prices (cheaper than this). However the main body of this magazine is to describe what is vital when considering buying middle value cars.
The cover of the book shows an expensive, posh, sporty, high performance car which is desirable to a lot of people. Red is used in an effective way, it helps the car to stand out and most of all is the emblem of the racing team, “Team Red”. The title of the magazine is big and in bold print, again adding the features which make this eye catching. The use of this type of title is very frequent in magazines and usually results in more issues being sold.
Other articles advertised in this opinionated magazine are on the subject of high performance, expensive cars. This as stated earlier draws the reader in, and is of huge appeal to car firms. We can see this magazine is based on a variety of cars, and some of the articles contain very detailed information and precautions about cars. This is very helpful and influential on choice before purchasing a car.
Finally this magazine also has a one to one ratio of pictures to text which balance out the detailed reviews with interesting pictures. The balanced out ratio of pictures to text makes a magazine suitable for competent readers and also allows for in-competent readers to in engage fully into the hard, complex text. It is a magazine for the enthusiast, which most young men are.
Bike
The title of the magazine instantly tells you about the content. We find that the magazine like most others is sold monthly at £3.70 which works out to be the average price for a medium quality magazine. As bikes aren’t quite as popular as cars, we know that the target audience of this magazine is as great and detail must be precise, to ensure that income is kept surplus by their “loyal” readers. As government has published a document which generalises the preferences of male teens from 13-17, the main preference of the teen is on the subject of motorbikes. Again not all motorbike “maniacs” buy this magazine as there are different magazines which specialise in different areas. The title of this magazine is bold and large helping to promote it. There is a large picture of a high performance bike which attributes to the appearance making it more “eye-catching”. The cover is also filled with many colours which contribute towards how the magazine looks.
The main body of the text is rather like “Top Gear” as it’s mainly factual and helps the reader with information on bikes and all the precautions to take when considering buying a bike. The “Bike” magazine shows us not just reviews of the latest models of bikes but race results also. It focuses on the “Moto GP”. This is a annual event which is supported by thousands of people and supported by the magazine. The magazine is, of course national understanding precisely.
Finally, this magazine has many promotional offers which help us to interpret which type of business it is. We are able to declare this “Bike” company as a business that’s main objective is to generate maximum revenue in a way which consumers/customers do not understand. It is hype, image and cash-hungry
Review of an article in the
“National Geographic”
The article I will be reviewing is headed as “Signs from Earth”. We immediately learn the subject of the review of this fascinating yet unexplained mystery. Just from first glances though, it looks very lengthy and detailed which would back my original statement that it would be suitable mainly for competent readers. Lack of pictures with such lengthy texts can lead to lack of attention to an article and a reader may just completely ignore this article simply because of lack of pictures. When a reader dismisses an article which seems to be lengthy, normally he/she is missing out on fact packed information which helps the reader to understand Mother Nature. The article leads us straight into the subject as it states “Global warming can seem too remote to worry about, or too uncertain-something projected by the same computer techniques that can’t often get next week’s weather right”. Here we can see the views and opinions expressed by the writer of this article. The article lay-out appears to be aimed at the academics, because there are no eye-catching headings, no variation in print size and no visual content. Perhaps the article is merely a “space-filler”- to pack out the magazine. Then again, because everyone has already heard so much about global warming already the editor doesn’t intend this article to be a major element of the magazine.
It is my opinion that the editor decided he had to give some space to the environment climate expert from Princeton University, George Philander. Because the subject has already been completely exposed the editor decided not to draw too much attention to it.
