GgR..Analysing Mag!

- Front cover appears to be extremely appealing. Use of bright colour, eye catching. Colours like, yellow, red and blue all have summer connotations. The magazine is the May issue of 2004.

-The shot the picture is taken in is level to the reader. This shows that the reader is not at all domination us.

-The model for the magazine - Jessica Simpson- a well known and an idolised celebrity internationally. Shown to be pure as she is wearing white. Aslo at the time, white was the in colour to wear in the summer.

-Seen to be very tall and slim, with natural blonde hair. This shows that she is an attraction and is conforming to the male gaze.

-Smiling confidently, suggests that she is in control with her looks and her body.

-Top is showing clevage and breasts are emphisised with this features. Suggests that she is aware that she is an object of 'to-be-looked-at-ness'.

-She's also wearing a short skirt. Revealing flesh. Potrays the type of person she is. And also the fact that she again is confident. Skirt is yellow, representing fresh and summer.

-Jessica seems to be looking at the reader, inviting them to come and read the magazone. Engaging with the readers.

-"The magazine is called cosmopolitan and was a magazine that recognised the changes made by females in the 1960's."

-The magazine is about womens lifestyle.

-Jessica Simpsons pose shows confidence and her long hair aspires the reader. The fact that her figure is shown to be sexy, forces ideas into the readers head that they can look like this if they buy the magazine.

-Represented as a sexual object. However the fact that she is wearing white suggests that she is innocent.

-Potential readers of this magazine would prefably be women. This is suggested because of the role model on the front page. However, the secondry audience would maybe be men as this magazine cover contains elements of conforming to a mans sexual desire.

-Ideally women between the ages of 18 - 40, who are attractive and take care of how they look. Also someone who has a career or is working.

-The magazines ideology is that sex with your partner should be enojable.

-Also how sex feels like from a man point of view.