Conventions Of A Music Magazine

IDEOLOGY:

The music magazine must give the audience what they want to see and intake.
The main way to do this is to use the audiences likes and dislikes to produce the magazine but also including originality and extra aspects which are unique to its genre.

INSTITUTION:

The aim of the publishers is to make money and prices would depend on magazine contents, size, quality and audience in particular. They can also make money by advertising other products within the magazine from other companies, this can also cause a lot of competition.

LANGUAGE:

The text and language of the magazine must relate strictly to its target audience, however formal language is always necessary. The main image and masthead would also relate to the audience and relevance to the genre. Similarly, the stories within the magazine must relate to the ideology and must be entertaining.

AUDIENCE:

The institution must target a certain group as it is impossible to target everybody, it also depends on the genre of the music magazine. The target audience must be interested in the magazine and must be able to relate to its contents.

REPRESENTATION:

Artists must all represent the genre of the magazine in all ways possible, and all the representation must reflect the artists and audience, so people are interested in the magazine.