Category Archive for: ‘Magazines’

This Cosmopolitan cover is a great cultural artifact. Not only does it show modern day feminine sexuality through the actresses dress and posture, but it also fills you in on topics that are making headlines for this era. The aspect that sticks out the most is not the sexual posture of the actress, but the “va-jay-jay” spelled out in large …

Questions: (1) Describe the rhetorical context for the magazine. Who seems to be the target audience, based on the articles, information, features, and ads? Include demographic characteristics such as age range, level of education, socioeconomic status, cultural affiliation, gender, sexuality, etc. What is the purpose of the magazine? The target audience seems to be white women in their twenties to …

1. The target audience is white, middle class, heterosexual females, ages 18-30 who are interested in fashion, the entertainment industry and celebrity gossip. The purpose of the magazine is to inform the audience with the lives of celebrities and current scandals in Hollywood, show the latest fashion trends and explore who adopted a baby from what part of the world …

(1) The Knot is a bridal Magazine that focuses on all things wedding, the only thing missing is the groom. The material is focused on women. I would say that 9 out of 10 pictures have only women in them. Although the cover reads “budget tricks,” the magazine pertains to women in middle and upper socioeconomic status in their 20’s …

The magazine I have lying around the house is Rolling Stone. Though it (now day one of the class) seems less sexualized than the typical cosmo-esq magazine, it still is revealing as to its target audience. The magazine, though it does/can appeal to a much larger group than I’m writing about, leaves “clues” to its bulls-eye of the target. For …

Self Magazine, July 2010 1) The target audience for this magazine appears to be for adult women with enough money and education to be able to focus on improving their personal health and beauty with exercise, nutritious food, and hygiene. The articles concentrate on everything from exercises to “Sizzle off the jiggle” for bikini season, to “Ready, Set, Slow”, an …