Mock question 2

Lacey Dyke

Media

Evidence that Q appeals more to men

·         The front cover is mainly males, they use aggressive facial expressions not appealing to women

·         Black and white pictures are used, on a female magazine we expect it to be more colourful

·         The acts that are highlighted are all male singers such as George Michael and Damien rice being more appealing to males as interviewees.

·         Madonna will appeal to men more than women in this picture

·         She had used red lips and red nails to symbolise danger- which men will prefer than women

·         ‘The battle’ signifies fights and danger

·          ‘vs’ illustrates football which women usually find boring 

Evidences the Kerrang appeals to both genders

·         The caption talking about being ‘violet like pitbulls’ illustrates it’s a tough magazine

·         The red which is splat across the page looks like blood which is very aggressive demonstrating there was a fight etc.

·         The clown is very scary which will appeal to male and females who enjoy scary films

·         Competition is to win Motorhead wine, this will appeal to motor head’s audience which is mostly male

·         Kerrang is wrote out with thorns, being either pain worthy or aggressive

·         The image is not aggressive, it is of a hippie man smoking- this could appeal to either women who find him attractive of men due all of the brightly coloured mastheads and captions surrounding him

·         The ‘8 page pull out’ will be more beneficial to women because they can use it as posters, however the pictures are very hardcore and the caption is ‘hardcore holocaust’ which could be offensive to men and women?

Evidences that TOTPs appeals to females 

·         This magazine’s main attraction is Justin Bieber (most boys hate him and most girls love) this is why TOTP is mostly attractive for female audiences

·         The title is written in pink with curly bubble writing and white stars which is very pretty and girly

·         The ‘cheat look’ would be more appealing for females because they wear make up

·         There are ‘dating tips’, this would be more appealing to girls than boys

·         A main tagline on the front page highlights where to find ‘fit lads’ which means it will be female orientated

·         Cher Lloyd is very much a female singer, therefore females will want to know what she is up to