Research and Planning - Analysis of Music Magazine Contents Pages: Top of the Pops

This is the contents page from an issue of Top of the Pops magazine. It uses a very chatty mode of address that appeals to the target audience-young girls. For example the magazine uses abbreviations and text speak that the audience will be familiar with-“Inside the mag”, “we <3 shopping”. This contents page is much more conventional than the NME one. It is much easier to navigate; there is a picture of the front page with arrows pointing to cover lines and giving the reader the related page numbers. Also featured articles are highlighted in yellow, which stands out. This ease of use will appeal to the young target audience. The colour scheme will also appeal to young girls; mainly pink.