How do magazines appeal to there target audience?

how do magazine's appeal to there target audience?

for this i will be talking about the target audience for the magazine kerrang and how they appeal this. 

this magazine is directed at a particular type of target audience that have a certain interest in old metal new metal and rock music. this magazine age rage's between 14-25 year old and sometimes older. the magazine attempts to appeal to this particular group by using features on there front cover to draw them in. such as they use puffs and plugs to advertise things with in the article for example on the magazine above it uses a puff and plug with a black circle witch represents the theme of the magazine and in bold capital letter writing says, THE UK'S BIGGEST... and so on.The name placing on the magazine is half clear so they all know what it is. a famous celebrate that relates to the type of music on the front with bold sans serif writing in front introducing the artist and giving you a glimpse of what is inside the article. 

the colours of the blacks and the red can help appeal to the kind of music type. The layout is also used to help attract the audience. It uses photos to help draw in the audience as they are going to be used in the articles making people want to read them. This magazine is relatively cheap so people can afford it helping to make this magazine be attractive to the target audience as young age teenagers will not have a lot of money to go spending lots on to a magazine.
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