Men's Health analysis


1) Write a one-paragraph summary of your notes for each key concept from the booklet:

 Media Language (e.g. conventions, narrative, genre etc.)

 Media Industries (e.g. Hearst Communications)

 Media Audiences (e.g. demographics, psychographics, pleasures)

 Media Representations (e.g. masculinity)
2) Identify three specific aspects/conventions (e.g. cover line, colour scheme, text, image etc.) from each page of the CSP that you could refer to in a future exam. Explain why that particular aspect of the CSP is important - think about connotations, representations, audience pleasures, reception theory etc.

 Front cover: Vin Diesel

 Editor's Letter and contents page

 Feature: True Grit - 'The Marathon Man'
3) Type up three media theories that you think are particularly relevant to analysing Men's Health and explain why they are significant:
4) Type up three quotes from the booklet that you think are particularly useful for analysing Men's Health and explain why they are significant:

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