Magazine Analysis Blog

The piece of media that I brought into class and I chose to analyze was something that I feel is extremely well known in our society, mostly by women but also I am sure that men have some knowledge of this magazine as well. Cosmopolitan is a magazine that is read by women all over, and until I had really looked at it and got to use it for the exercise in class, I saw the magazine in a different light. When analyzing the Cosmo I found myself really focusing on a few main features, like the cover, the eye catching topics displayed on the front, the woman on the front what she is wearing, how she looks, and also her pose. Not only did I look at the cover but the insides of the Magazine, what was its target audience, the age range, what sorts of products was it trying to sell, and also what were the models inside like.

When looking at the cover of the magazine I was drawn right away to the model on the front, who she was, what she was wearing, and how she looked, and also her body language, whether she was in a sexy or seductive pose or a sweet innocent and inviting pose which is how she was. Then my attention turned to the huge bolded titles all around her. Titles like Naughty Sex and Lingerie Specials, as well as Bad Skin Day, these are things that I would expect from most women’s magazines but from the bright colors and look of the cover I feel that it would be tempting for a younger audience to be drawn to it.

As far as the insides and the meat of the magazine I thought that the target range that the magazine should be reaching out to was about 18 and up just because on all the heave and older topics that I feel a younger audience should not be introduced to. The look of the models inside ranged from sexy and seductively dressed with mounds of make up on, to cute and fun day looks and fresh faces. The ads inside ranged from perfume to hair care, clothes, accessories, health products cosmetic alteration slogans, birth control and many sex related products. The ads seemed to range from targeting a younger age with younger looking styles and products to very grown up styles and products like birth control, evening were, and also proper edict.

Over all I feel that this magazine is for a much older teenage audience and up to young women. It covers and looks at many older and flirtatious topics that I feel shouldn’t appeal to a younger audience. Although it is a fun magazine, with all of its inviting bright colors and gossip about all our favorite and big stars. It provides women tips for their health, outer appearance and also has funny personal experience columns that women can just get a kick out of or relate to. However I don’t feel that the Cosmo targets a more sophisticated audience just because there are hardly any ads regarding alcohol or night life and extremely high fashion. This magazine is fun and it’s a light read for older teenagers and young women.

My Past with Writing

My past experiences with writing have been pretty good. Not until about grade six did it really start to pick up for me, my class was all about making up and writing creative stories that we had to write one every single week. I got really good at writing all kinds of stories and really ended up enjoying writing. After that all of my writing was all mainly focused around essays about specific topics, like books, or anything that the teacher had wanted, so I have not really had much freedom with regards to what I was to write about. Again like I shared in my last Blog I am a pretty good writer when it comes to the actual content of my essays, papers, stories, or what ever it tends to be. I am creative and generally tend to have a strong flow and don’t jump around its point by point and very easy to understand and easy to follow. The thing that I have always had to work on through out my school career has been the grammar and spelling, that has been my down fall every year. Also I have always been taught the typical five paragraph essay format, the basic intro, body one, body two, body three and the conclusion. It’s always been get in and get out make you point and don’t confuse the reader and the goal at the end of the paper is to leave the reader going wow. My favorite style of essays has to be the persuasive essay, it allows you as a writer to express yourself, ideas and gives you the chance to try to sway the reader to your side if it’s something that you really feel strong about. I am looking forward to learning new styles of writing and can’t wait to express my points of view about the topics chosen for our papers.

What I expect to get out ond learn from this class

I am interested to see how this class goes. Every English class that I have been in has been different whether it is learning different styles of writing, different formats of works cited, and also just in the different topics that I have studied. I was at first really nervous about this class because I wasn’t sure what to except because this is my first University English class ever. I think that I am a pretty good writer with regards to the content of my papers. What I really need to work on is my grammar and spelling that is my down fall, although I am getting better at it. So far I am excited to see where the papers that we have to write are going to go, since the topics are on the syllabus. I already find it interesting that we are going to look at and analyze music, film and the media. I expect to learn and really master the new MLA format, I have never used it before or even heard of it for that matter.
The five paragraph essay over the years has really been stressed to me that it was the way to set up and write an essay, the thought of getting in making your point and then getting out, and keeping it simple. At first it was a shock to me when Mrs. Welter told the class that she didn’t want any five paragraph essays, but now I am interested and looking forward to expressing different thoughts and ideas in a new set up and order. I expect to become a better writer and become more confident with my papers. I hope that everything goes well and I come out of this class with a great grade and a new outlook on writing and also the topics that we will be writing about.

About Me

Hello
It’s me Nicole, I am writing to let you all know a little bit about me. I am from Kitchener Ont Canada, yes I am Canadian. I am currently a freshman attending Wayne State on a Softball scholarship, not only do I love Softball but I love also Hockey and being active. I have been lucky enough to travel through my softball to Europe where I got to play in Amsterdam in international competition and also went to Paris where we got to sight see. Just recently I was in Puerto Rico participating in the Pan Am Games where I was given the honor of representing my country, Canada. Back home I live with my mom, dad and also my younger brother named Taylor who is 16, also I live with my new dog Bozley who is a Bull Mastiff, just like the dog in one of my all time favorite movies the Sandlot. I also have a boy friend named Matt who plays Jr. B hockey for the Branford Golden Eagles. I love Wayne State and being in Detroit the home of the Wed Wings which is my favorite hockey team in the NHL, I also love watching my home town Kitchener Rangers OHL team where my family has seasons tickets and attends every game. My great uncle was Sid Abel who was captain of the Red Wings and who centered between the great Gordy Howe and Ted Lindsey, his jersey number 12 hangs in the rafters at the Joe Louis Arena. As you can see family is very sports oriented and loves Hockey and Softball and that about raps me up.