Jordan's Media Blog

Thrasher: The magazine is for skaters, it shows off different tricks on the cover and has a fairly unique pattern. The dominant ideology for this magazine is promoting skaters and skate competitions. The front cover does not have headlines, and is focused on the title of the magazine itself, as well as the photograph on the front and the background pattern for illustration. Juxtapoz: Interesting photograph, uses a lot of colours and has small and simple cover lines. This magazine is an art and culture magazine. Mad Magazine: Features a large scale image of the mascot's head grafted over Shrek, minimal cover lines. The main image goes over the title.

Pen Portrait Name(s): Taylor Kirk Simon Trottier Mathieu Charbonneau Mark Wheaton Style: Grungy Indie Folk-ish Gothy Out there "An aesthetic rooted in swampy, ragged blues" "Beautifully restrained blues from an alternate universe" "Creates an atmosphere that is cinematic and spooky"

 (350PPM is a company that wishes to reduce the CO2 in the atmosphere to 350ppm from 400ppm (Parts Per Million)  ) This image subverts the typical identification of gender through the use of an androgynous person. This can be clearly seen in the image with the person seemingly showing a lack of gender. I think that this subverts stereotypical gender notions because the person in the image isn't sexualised, nor does it objectify the person in the image. I also think that the person in this image subverts typical gender norms by not conforming to a typical male or female look. They have an incredibly symmetrical face, including the hair looking completely mirrored. Notably, they also have no eyebrows, which are usually a stereotypical and defining feature between male and female. Males typically have thicker eyebrows, while female eyebrows are more elegant and refined. This image features a group of people, supposedly workers or refugees, behind barbed wire, screaming. Th...

Adbusters is a niche magazine aimed at a small target audience that are typically considered to be 'self aware'. Adbusters set text: Adbusters // Post - West Published 6 times a year since 1989. Set edition: May / June 2016. Price: £10.99. Circulation 120,000 readership. Genre: Independent / campaigning / culture jamming Subtitle: 'Journal of the mental environment' Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Adbusters is a no for-profit magazine fighting back against the hostile takeover of our psychological, physical, and cultural environments by commercial forces. Culture Jamming: The practice of criticising and subverting advertising and consumerism in the mass media, by methods such as producing advertisements parodying those of global brands. ADBUSTERS Cover analysis: I think that this cover portrays a sense of danger. This is because of the man on the front wearing traditional military gear. This, paired with the look of anger on his face an...

Brand Identity is how a business wants to be perceived by consumers and how it presents itself. Industry Background - IPC (Time Inc. U.K.) Since its launch, Woman has competed with Woman's Own (Newnes), and woman's Weekly (Amalgamated) to be the top selling title. The three great rivals ended u as sister titles when their companies merged to become IPC. Their sales peaked in about 1959, ab about 2.6, 3.1, 1.9 million each. In 1937,Odhams (Now IPC) opened their printing plant in Watford, Herts with Speedry Gravure Process for colour printing. Woman launched weekly in June with low cover price, 2d for a full-colour magazine, Within a year, the title was selling 500K copies a week. IPC Research: IPC - The International Publishing Corporation Formed in 1963 (Became mainstream) They are linked to the Mirror group. They are a large mainstream organisation, though they used to be independent when they first started, before merging and becoming IPC. Three ind...

Stereotypes of Women: Superficial / Vain Emotional Caring Focus on appearance Cooking Healthcare worker Social worker Maternal Narrow Housewife Help or an aid Supporting role Passive Bimbo Imaginative Lower paid jobs Gentle & Polite Elegant Conventional body Shallow 1960's Female Stereotypes: Passive Nurturing / Maternal Dependent on men Housewife / domestic role Romantic Seductive Advertising in Magazines Magazines generate revenue primarily through sales of copies (print and digital) and through advertising. Advertising accounts for approximately one third of total revenues across the industry. It is, therefore, vitally important that the magazine and advertising content target the same audience in order that the advertising brands benefit from increased sales as a result of advertising in the magazine. Andrew Green identifies the ways in which magazine advertising can benefit the advertisers in an article entitled 'Essentials" ...

Woman magazine: Published weekly by IPC, 1937 to present. Set edition: 23-29 August 1964 Price: 7P (80p 2018) Women's magazines became very popular in the post war period, and in the 1960's, sales of woman's magazine's reached 12 million copies per week. Woman's sales alone were around 3 million copies per week in 1960. Woman magazine cover illustration - textual analysis: "Lingerie Goes Lively" Alliteration produces a playful mood, relating to the subject of the article. This magazine came out in 1964 - the woman on the front cover appears to be the typical "Perfect Woman" of the time due to her overly tanned skin, white teeth, and natural hair. A specific lifestyle is being sold on the front cover of this magazine, "Are you an A-Level Beauty?" A rhetorical question is used here in order to represent the fact this this magazine could help you "Improve as a person". 

My Top Five ' Top Five' Lists (Pen Portrait ): My Top Five Bands: Gorillaz Childish Gambino Timber Timbre AC/DC Dead Kennedys My Top Five Movies: Hot Fuzz Toy Story Godzilla Alien The Big Lebowski My Top Five TV Shows: The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (And the reboot) Stranger Things Doctor Who Luther My Top Five Film Posters: Star Wars The Silence Of The Lambs Clockwork Orange Godzilla Vs D estoroyah Indiana Jones My Top Five Videogames: Team Fortress 2 Hotline Miami Half-Life 2 Starbound Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee