Contents Page No.1

The Vibe contents page here is aimed at male dominant audience. This is shown through the main image of ‘Ciara’. The fact that she is lying on her back, gives a very sexual gesture. Her facial expression, giving that her mouth is partly open, gives a seductive effect and teases the male reader. Her legs are shown nude, in a shape of a ‘V’ relating back to the name of the magazine which is Vibe, shows how it is still loyal to his readers, and grab the male gender’s attention. Also, it is almost like her legs are being pulled by strings, to says that ‘Ciara’ is wants to be controlled, however we can say by giving a sexual pose to the reader, she is also making herself look very innocent and defenceless against the reader, if the position of her legs look as if she is being controlled.

The colours of the page and ‘Ciara’s’ clothes are grey, which is a perfect example that this is a male music magazine. The colours show very dull, masculine and aggressive tone, to the reader.

 The text is in black and small, which also reflects the male dominance. The header ‘contents’ is in upper case, bold and white, which grabs the reader’s attention. The fact that it is all jumbled up like on three lines, gives the reader a sense that is for men, creates impact and reflects that men, don’t care if it is like that, and are not fussy on the layout, as they are male, and treat themselves as higher authority. The text on the page is all in one column on the right hand side. There isn’t a lot of text which is good, as it would not bored the reader.  Furthermore we can say that the magazine is male dominated as it tells the reader that there is ‘fashion’ included in the magazine on male R&B artists, and it features male R&B artists, such as ‘Pretty Ricky’.