Masthead is ‘The Source’ which suggests that it is the best source of music information to the audience. Also the use of a hand holding a microphone in the ‘O’ suggests that it is a music magazine. This attracts the audience of music lovers.

Main Image and Iconography in that Schoolboy Q is a famous rapper and could be inspirational to some people, the fact that he as blue bucket hat makes him alone more noticeable.

Cover Lines showing what is featured inside. The use of a different style of font on ‘Q’ and the fact it is larger attracts the audience who enjoy Schoolboy Q’s music.

Different usage of fonts makes it more creative, the use of the unique font on the ‘Q’ makes it stand out and allows the audience to see who is featured in the magazine

Tagline mentions people and things in the magazine , they are in a different colour font to stand out. The use of stars in-between shows that the magazine is high class.

It is rare for a central image to be seen in full length. As Schoolboy is only shown from the chest up.

Use of multiple colours and white background make it more like a normal magazine. The use of School Boy Q’s blue bucket hat and grey shirt change the colours and vary things from the normal red and white.

The use of the Buzzword ‘Exclusive Interview’ attracts the audience and is very noticeable.

The masthead is covered a bit by the main image to make it almost 3D to the eye and make it more attractive.

Cover lines to show features inside. They let the audience know what to expect inside. The use of grey lines to separate each cover line is unique. The use of ‘special report’ is a buzz word to get the audience to want to find out what’s in the report.

Use of different colour font attracts attention and bigger fonts make names more noticeable like ‘Phil Everly.’ The use of italic like font also makes it more attractive and noticeable.

Iconography is used as Lorde could be inspirational to some people as she is very famous. This attracts a huge audience especially a younger generation as she is only 17. Also she is a popular music singer, this causes social interaction among the public to debate if she is actually that good a singer, using the Gratification Theory.

Only three main colours used : Black, red and white. This keeps things simple. The use of Lorde wearing black clothes contrasts with her black hair and the black font.

The use of this highly enlarged font and colour red make it stand out more. Also this is use of names in that Lorde is a very famous singer. This could attract a wide audience.

Use of column inch down one side of the magazine makes it more generalised

‘Collectors edition’ is a buzzword to make the buyer feel that they have a more unique magazine than others.

This tagline reaches out to the audience to let them know that this edition of the magazine is a unique and special one, hopefully attracting them to get it.

The masthead ‘Ebony’ is once again covered by the image, this time of the world famous Rihanna. This is iconography as she is hugely iconic to many people. Her name alone is a huge buzzword and would increase interest from many people.

‘The Rebel’ is in a huge font compared to the other writing to attract attention to it. It is a callout to the human eye.

The use of these famous names could be classed as puffs as they are used to attract attention.

The use of the same font for each sub-heading makes it very generalised and symmetrical. The fact that there is only two colours for the fonts as well makes it very simple, but the colours contrast with the black and white of the foreground image of Rihanna.

The use of only three colours is excellent use of colour cohesion. Yellow, white and black do contrast very well together to make the magazine darker but more attractive.

The use of these taglines is to get fans of the bands and singers mentioned to first of all see the names and want to read about them.

The masthead is once again behind the foreground image to make the magazine have an almost 3D appearance making it unique.

The use of this puff is to attract people who want to read about politics as it says in the title of the puff.

The use of the pose from Melissa McCarthy flexing her muscles is to entertain the audience, a part of the gratification theory.

Column inch is used to show some big names which are featured in the magazine and attract readers.

The use of different fonts across the cover make it more appealing to the viewer and reader

The use of a tagline underneath this callout using alliteration is clever and unique.

The use of just three main colours is good colour cohesion, black, red and white go to create a nice contrast.

vThe use of the ordering of this font makes it unique and interesting. It is far different from any other ordering of the word ‘contents’ in other magazines.

Column inch is used here to signify the features of the magazine. They’re all down the left hand side of the page.

The use of this rappers jewellery signifies that as he is famous and rich he can afford these valuable items. This is use of props and mise en scene.

The use of different font for the subheadings lets the viewers recognise the differences in the features section and fashion of the magazine.

Use of red, white and brown colours contrast well together and give this page a more evil and dark look to it., making viewers more attracted to it.

The use of this ‘special section’ part gives the reader a sense of occasion reading the magazine as it is a unique occasion.

Using the magazine edition number instead of the word ‘contents’ makes this contents page more unique as well.

Column inch used again where the text is listed down one side. Also the sectioning of features, rock & roll and 2012 year in review keeps the magazine very general and similar to others.

A brief description of what is on the cover allows people to find out what is on the cover if they don’t know already. Widening peoples knowledge, part of the gratification theory in education.

The use of big names such as Foo Fighters attract large audiences to read the magazine from all over the World.

Use of these multiple covers featuring hip-hop stars gets people interested to know what is the greatest hip-hop song of all time, using the Gratification Theory in entertainment.

Brief description of the cover and the page and who features in them, this is part of the Gratification Theory to educate people and let them know about the magazine.

Iconography is used here as some girls may aspire to have a figure like this women. It provides people with a pleasure as well as she is very attractive.

The use of the white on black big bold font makes it stand out more and become more noticeable. This makes it useful to attract audiences as it is good contrast.

Column inch is used here to list features and fashion pages to give people an insight into what to expect. There is use of unique and interesting looking font for the sub-headings, this separates the sections.

This heading ‘legend of the fall’ attracts people to know who these ‘legends’ are! It gets people interested.

The use of the thin font ‘V’ representing Vibe is also unique and clever. The use of a dark fade at the top of page adds a nice effect to the page.

This is a slogan which is used in every contents page of the Rolling Stones magazine. It lets the reader know that the news relates to the magazine which is based on music.

Column inch is used here to divide sections between the features, national affairs, rock & roll and departments. This allows readers to skip to sections they want to read about first of all.

A use of special occasions attracts audiences as well. This attracts readers who like to read about female artists.

A brief mention of politicians gets a far wider range of people interested.

Again there is a description of the front cover and back cover to educate people about who is who and what is what.

Use of iconography is used here to make women aspire to be like this attractive lady.

Use of iconography here as she is a stunningly good looking lady and others may aspire or be attracted to her, prompting them to buy it.

Use of the big bold font in the title of the magazine makes it stand out and be noticed by readers. The use of two bold lines as well on the outside makes the word ‘Backbeat’ stand out.

The use of these smaller images are to provide extra views to the readers and see other parts of the article in multiple photos rather than one.

Use of these speech bubbles is to separate each heading with its title. The use of black for these just shows that the main colour of the page is meant to be black like the magazine.

The use of two bold women either side of a black haired man is unique and considered unusual. It makes readers want to read on about these people.

The use of a New York map gets readers interested into the report to find out about New York.

Use of the magazine name to remind readers of which magazine they are reading. Again the only main colour is black and white. Images are also limited and there is a lot of text.

Use of this quote in big bold font standing out from all the others gets it noticed by readers. It is quite humorous and adds a humour to the magazine through this.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are a very famous band and would attract many people to read this article about them. Also the fact it is a special event makes it more unique and entertaining, use of the Gratification Theory.

Main fonts used are Times New Roman which is the most common used, this keeps the magazine very generalised and ordinary.

The use of this red box makes it extra important for the reader to read. It is a good way to attract peoples eyes.

Subtitle is used here to give the reader an insight into the lives of The Chili Peppers. It is in red to make it stand out.