Magazine Front Cover Analysis

Language

The language used in this magazine front cover is related to the music genre of independent and rock music. But the language is also related to Christmas, obviously because the issue was published around Christmas time.

Institution

The institution of this magazine is a commercial institution. It is shown that this magazine is a commercial institution because of the barcode and the price has been displayed on the cover. This shows that the magazine is sold in many shops.

Ideology

The ideology of this magazine is the music genre of independent and rock music.

Audience

This magazine is aimed at an audience of mainly young males aged 18+ who are interested in rock and independent music. It is aimed at this audience as these are the usual type of the people who listen to this music.

Representation

The main image used on the cover of this magazine. The image used is a medium long shot, this is because the band that have been photographed are viewed from further away. The band in this image are an indie/rock band, this is shown because some of the people have long hair, this is usually associated with people who make this type of music. Also one of them has a costume on which show that they are fun and lively and they're all wearing santa hats which again shows that this magazine was published around Christmas time.