Media texts - Linked production

1. Sugar magazine

http://www.sugarscape.com/

- This magazine has freebies for customers to persuade them to take part.
- Theres all the latest information for teenagers e.g. what gossip is going on with celebrities.
- Theres music and video features available for the audience on the website.

2. Cosmogirl magazine

http://www.cosmogirl.com/

- Theres beauty and fashion tips for teenagers to look at and that would interest them to look at the magazine.
- Theres games for the audience. They can use the website as well as the maagzine and that would mean that the audience are given a chance to get involved.
- Theres advice on guys and that would attract teenage girls because they would be going through a phase of liking boys and etc so they would be interested in getting advice.

3. Teen magazine

http://www.teenmag.com/

- It has monthly features.
- The magazine has quizzes for the audience to give them a chance to get involved.
- Theres horoscopes and that would attract teenage girls because they would want to see what their horoscope holds.
- Theres a section on 'celeb stuff' so the audience can find out more about the lives of teenagers and feel that they are involved with their lives.

Magazine chosen to analyse: Cosmogirl Magazine

http://newmediamags.pbworks.com/f/cosmo%20girl.jpg

- This magazine front cover has used bright colours and this is because the colours used are bright pink, purple and yellow. This would be a combination of bright colours that would attract teenage girls to look at the magazine.
- Theres a image of Paris Hilton and that is the largest image on the front cover and this would mean that teenagers could be attracted because they might want to know more about Paris Hilton.
- Theres phrases used such as "Hot celeb body" and this could mean that the teenagers could be attracted because they might want to know the tips of getting a celeb body.
- Theres a phrase that says "10 ways to turn guys on". By this we can tell that phrases are being used that would interest teenage girls because they might have a crush and would want to get the males attention. This shows that by the magazine giving teenage girls tips, they would be attracted to buy the magazine.
- There is also a mention of "get celeb hair fast". By this we can tell that this would attract the teenage girls to look at the magazine because they would want to get hair like celebs too.
- Overall this shows that this magazine is using the conventions to use mainly phrases that would attract the audience because teenagers would be interested in boys, make up, looking good and etc. There is bright colours too and that would attract teenagers because they would not want to look at dull colours.