Wednesday, November 16, 2011

L.I.I.A.R Analysis - Q Magazine



L – Media Language. The media language in this magazine cover is used to attract the readers attention and to make sure it stands out amongst other magazines.  By using a medium close-up image it makes the image stand out more as it is bigger and takes up more space of the cover. They have also took the picture so that Madonna is looking into the camera this makes it look like she is looking right at you.

I – Ideology. The ideology is aimed at the genre of the magazine. The genre of this magazine is rock and on the front cover of this magazine there is alot of red colours and bold text used, also the image used and the way it is used symbolises the rock genre.

I – Institution. The institustion of Q magazine is Bauer Media they created Q magazine and other rock related magazines.

A – Audience. The audience for this magazine is 75% male and 25% female. The audience is composed of passionate, engaged and open minded music fans driven to contiually discover new music. 

R – Representation. The representation of Q magazine is the colours they use on the front cover these are mainly reds and blacks which represent the rock genre. The way Madonna is dressed in the magazine makes her stand out and because she is wearing a glove and has her hood up it makes it more rock genre.

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