TEENAGE REPRESENTATION-MAGAZINES

VIBE & BLACK HAIR MAGAZINE

VIBE: In this magazine, the color of the text used was pink & blue so as to represent both gender: the female & male gender respectively. Having Kanye West on the front cover would attract teenagers to the magazine because most teenagers listen to his music. Kanye West's pose would appeal to teenagers especially boys as they could look up to his hairstyle and dress sense, it would also appeal to teenage girls because most teenagers girls get attracted to Kanye West. This magazine could attract teenagers who are known to have the superficial stereotype as the magazine clearly shows a closeup of the artist Kanye who is looking at the audience with a direct mode of address so the teenage audience are able to easily notice the cover. The text is bold & colorful so as to stand out from the cover, teenagers just like all other ages of the society, are more attracted to things that stand out and are colorful/intense. On the whole, the magazine doesn't clearly represent the teenage stereotypical personality but there are certain features to the magazine which draw the teenage audience, like the information in which the magazine contains.

BLACK HAIR: In this magazine, coincidentally, the color of the text used was pink & blue too.The artist, Kelly Rowland, is also looking at the audience with a direct mode of address so as to get the attention of the teenage audience. The magazine efficiently  represents teenagers, to be more specific girls of color. The publisher's have chosen to use a successful female of color on the front cover so as to attract people who admire her to buy the magazine. They have also used other successful female music artistes that have teenagers as fans doing this would attract teenagers to want to buy and read the magazine. they have also used colors that are stereo-typically associated with teenagers such as blue and pink. The magazine also includes titles that would attract teenagers such as "Free" and "Win" because most teenagers want the chance of getting free things. They are also logos of social networks such as facebook and twitter this attracts teenagers because teenagers are stereotyped as digital natives. It also supports the stereotype of teenagers being superficial, as the text reads, "BLACK HAIR" and shows the female gender looking "glammed" up- make up, hair done, dressed well and are attractive, which is what most teenagers/teenage girls look into and get really interested/obsesses on. On the whole, the magazine doesn't clearly represent the teenage stereotypical personality but there are main features of the magazine that draw in the teenage audience.