Analysing Music Vibe Magaaine Front Cover

The Title is ‘VIBE’ which is big and bold which attracts the magazines audience. This is a niche magazine aimed at hip-hop lovers aged 14-20 approx. The title connotes to soft and happy music as the colour orange represents a soft colour also makes the readers in a happy mood so that they want to read the magazine. The title is also placed at the top of the page and this is a convention of magazine front covers. This is so that it can be seen by the audience when it is placed on the shelf.

It is a regular feature of vibe magazine that a list of artists to be found inside is at the sides of the page. This instantly tells the audience what they can find inside and is useful to the irregular reader who can decide whether to purchase or not.

Vibe magazine regularly uses bight colours such as orange and blue. These colours are soft and happy colours. It reflects off the image making the mood positive and happy. The audience is proud to be alternative and the magazine reflects value. It can be also argued that Vibe helps to shape ideologies. Young readers are influenced by the fantastic style and fashion of Janet Jackson and will therefore want to emulate this.

This pushes the reader to want to buy the magazine as the word ‘crucial’ is added. The reader is attracted by it so that the magazine sells.

This singer which is Janet Jackson is holding a camera to her eye. This is a reference to her quote that she likes to watch and relies on the audiences’ prior knowledge of this.

The singer is using direct mode of address starring straight into the eyes of the reader. She has a happy friendly facial expression on her face which reflects on her style of music which happy and soft.

Main story about the celebrity in the centre. The anchorage text tells the audience that Janet Jackson likes to watch which is significant to the image as she is holding a camera to her eye. Recognition for the audience comes from understanding this play on words. This magazine aims to create a sense of community.

Srapline at the top of the magazine tells the reader more about the magazine. This bar also assumes that the audience will be interested in Busta Rhymes and shows an association between hip-hop artists and music both offering similar values that the audience will be looking for.