the magazine cover uses. When studying a picture‚ advertisement or magazine cover you can take almost anything as a sign or symbol‚ anything can represent anything at the discretion of the writer or editor. It is for us to interpret what each sign or symbol is representing to the best of our knowledge. Semiotics are important in a work as they give us a better insight into the content‚ the ideology and what to expect within the magazine. After a close analysis of the semiotics of a magazine we can
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product placement to allure consumers to buy them. They target the magazine there in customers to choose the way the way they are coming out at the customer. Both advertisements use the magazines they are placed in (Vibe & XXL) to see how they are going to attract different buyers to purchase their products. The “Smoke Liqueur” advertisement in the XXL magazine uses a seductive type of advertisement. XXL is a predominantly black read magazine so they use that to motivate how they show the imagery of their
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analysis the four magazines.the name of the magazine that I research is called Time A World With Out Bees and was published August 19 2013. And the other magazine in the Group I work with to share data is called Weekly ‚ U.S. and Seven Teen. My hypothesis was any magazine I look at made from the U.S.A was going to have mostly white males then females. The first thing I did was pick a magazine that was published this year in 2013. Also I look throw the magazine and counted the total number of people
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Maclean’s is a Canadian news magazine established in 1905 by John Bayne Maclean. Distributed weekly‚ it is Canada’s only national current affairs magazine; it covers such matters as politics‚ international affairs‚ social issues‚ business and culture. On average‚ the magazine circulates 366‚394 issues per week and has a readership of 2‚753‚000. 51% of readers are men and 49% are women‚ with an average age of 45 years old. On October 11th‚ 2007‚ Volume 120 Number 41‚ October 22nd‚ 2007 issue
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Woman are often jealous of the incredible looks of the models in magazines. Would you still be jealous if you knew every single image you are seeing is photo shopped? Each and every photo has been retouched before it is seen on the pages of these magazines. While everyone in the fashion and magazine industries seems to be aware of it and absolutely no one is even trying to deny it. Excessive photo-shopping and retouching makes it virtually unimaginable for women to feel beautiful or good about the
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PSY 2110-10 March‚ 29‚ 2011 Female Magazines I read a magazine call “GL” which stands for girl’s life. It is focus on teens‚ and it is one of the popular teen magazines for female. Of course‚ the pop star “Justin Biber” was on the cover which caught my eyes. In the magazine‚ the question of today was “Are you cheating on your boyfriend?” wasn’t too proper for teen to start off. The advertisement weren’t bad; they were mostly movies‚ and clothing. The articles were somewhat positive and negative
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Cosmopolitan magazine plays an important role in American Pop culture influencing women all across the United States. With catchy headlines on the covers of their magazines such as “UNTAMED VA-JAY-JAYS” and “What Men Find HOT” Cosmopolitan magazine focuses on the idea of American beauty and women’s sexuality. Because Cosmopolitan magazine displays provocative images of American Beauty while promoting sexual promiscuity allows the magazine to remain popular in American Culture today which is resulting
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Establish concept I am going to create a magazine cover for VIBE magazine. Vibe is an entertainment and music magazine that features some of the biggest hip hop‚ rnb‚ actor’s dancers and other entertainers in the world and since its launch in 1993. Vibe magazine is targeted at the urban followers of the hip hop culture‚ and some believe if an artist hasn’t been on the cover they haven’t progressed to their fullest ability. My magazine cover will be a United Kingdom because since Vibe was launched
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Teens and Their Magazines There is not a day that goes by where I don’t witness a teenage girl in the mall dressed very provocatively‚ wearing short skirts‚ tight shirts‚ and covered in make-up. The group of girls she associates herself with is also dressed very sexy and in my opinion inappropriate for their age. As they walk they giggle and hold conversations about fashion and what they did with their boyfriends last night. Checking out stores for the latest trends‚ they also take a look at
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well-dressed but casual male and female in there mid 20’s whose ethnicity is hard to define and by doing this‚ the advertisement appeals to a larger audience. As well the advertisers chose models that look like the average readers of People’s magazine which is the magazine I found the ad in. The two are smiling at each other and the girl has her arms around the guy. It appears to me that the people in the photograph are a couple because the way they’re positioned is very close and intimate. To further discuss
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