TASK 3 RESEARCH: BACKGROUND ON MY CHOSEN COVERS

Ashlee-Rose Brisley

RESEARCH: THE GENERAL MAGAZINE CONCEPT

My 5 magazines I have chosen are TeenVogue, CosmoGirl, Seventeen, ELLEGirl and DOLLY. For each magazine I shall analyse a specific cover feature(s) that answer the question: ‘To what extent should magazines be held responsible for the social ramifications of the represntations they offer?’ For TeenVogue I shall be looking at the largest cover line (body issue) and the number/puff design (male attarction)For CosmoGirl I shall be looking at the cover line theme and the main image.For Seventeen I shall be looking at the cover lines are worded to promote a girlie image. Linking to my previous cover examples. For ELLEGirl I shall be looking at how the cover lines and main image give an idea of money and what we should spend our time doing/being.For DOLLY I shall be looking at how males are represented from the main image and cover lines, linking to the previous magazine examples. The 5 covers I have picked all have the ideology of how girls should look, spend time/money and how they should behave (especially in make company).

‘Teen Vogue’ is a US magazine version of ‘Vogue’ for teenage girls. It mainly focuses on fashion and celebrities, however it does offer information about the latest entertainment and feature stories on current events/issues. The magazine follows the basic tenets of teen magazines, although with a more glossy view which fits with the template of the Vogue style. The magazine also features more serious topics such as discussions about teen pregnancy.

Sourced from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Vo

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‘CosmoGirl’ was an American spin-off of ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. It targeted teenage girls featuring fashion and celebrities.Each issue had: an interview & photo shoot with a current celebrity, a beauty section featuring hair, skin, and makeup tips and trends, a fashion section highlighting various spreads of trends and clothes, and the Stars section which included articles on celebrities other than those featured on the cover. March 2008 introduced a section named JSYK (Just So You Know), which had advice and stories of how readers fell in love, and a shocking real life story. There were also embarrassing stories, and a manga comic featuring a character called ‘CG’. The end Body & Soul section covered sexual health, mental health, nutrition and fitness.

Sourced from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Girl

‘Seventeen’ was the first teen magazine established in the US for young girls and women from the ages of 12–19. It began as a publication geared towards inspiring teen girls to become role models in work and citizenship. Soon after its debut, ‘Seventeen’ took a more fashion and romance-oriented approach in presenting their material, while still maintaining their model of promoting self-confidence in young women. It was first published in September 1944. The magazine is organized into the following sections: fashion, beauty, health, love, and life. There are also aspects of the magazine that appear in each issue, such as the "Letter from the Editor" section, Horoscope, "Traumarama," "What You Think!" and a "Freebies" section.

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‘Elle Girl’ was the largest older-teen fashion and beauty magazine brand in the world with 12 editions and supplements worldwide. Launched in August 2001, it was the younger sibling to ‘Elle’ magazine, and similarly focused on beauty, health, entertainment and looked at daring fashion—its slogan: "Dare to be different".Its staffers were informed in early April 2006 that Elle Girl (USA)'s last issue would be its June/July 2006 Summer Issue, while they were already in the middle of working on the August 2006 issue, which is traditionally the largest issue of the year—covering fall fashion and back-to-school topics. The company intends to continue updating the ellegirl.com website and create new media in conjunction with Alloy.com. The British edition of Elle Girl magazine had been closed for business shortly before the American magazine was.

Sourced from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle_Girl

DOLLY is a monthly teen magazine started in 1970 by Fairfax Ltd. in Australia and New Zealand, and purchased by ACP in 1988. Dolly was the basis and inspiration for Sassy Magazine (1987-1996) in the US. The magazine is aimed at older teenage girls (13-17 years) and covers celebrity news and gossip, fashion & beauty and various feature articles attractive to female teenagers and dealing with issues that are faced by this age group and gender. The magazine has now produced over 400 issues and in as of 2007 has a readership of 505,000.

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RESEARCH SOURCING

All my research is sourced from the internet, I do not

claim any of the information to be my own, I have

slightly altered some of the wording/presentation

layout for the key information (that I think is

relevant) and edited this for grammar and cohesion.

Images are all sourced from google images which

lead to other external sites.