The layout of this contents page, looks like boring and bland. It looks like the designer copied this design layout from newspapers, which does not make it look unique and professional. Also the layout has been set so the writing is on the right (one side) and the pictures are on the left (one side). This does not make the contents page interesting, it makes the reader think that the rest of the magazine is going to be boring. Adding to this, there is also limited information on the contents page. For example: the designer could put more information in about what is going to be inside the magazine.
There are not that many things that make the magazine sell it. The only thing that would make me wan to buy it is the information about Lady GaGa. There is nothing that makes the magazine appear exclusive. Yes, there are new releases that the magazine has written about, but that does not make the magazine seem exclusive. Something like an exclusive with Lady GaGa about her upcoming new album 'Born This Way' is more exclusive and intriguing.
There are three images on the contents page and they all of concerts. They are all of concerts that pop artists have been to and this keeps to the genre of the magazine perfectly, because the magazine's music genre is pop.
There are no linguistic features that persuade the reader to buy the magazine. The magazine is not in slang and it does not talk to the reader it talks to itself.
The captions that have been used to anchor the pictures are in an angle and a particular moment. For example: on one of the pictures there is a person playing the guitar. This is striking and it looks unique and good.
All of the features on the magazine are easy to locate by using the contents page. It is straight forward which is really, really good.
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