With all these magazines aimed at young girls they all use bright colours to catch the eye of young readers. They all have young mast heading titles. For example 'Sugar' this could be symbolizing sweet and innocent. 'TeenVogue' and 'CosmoGirl' both imply it’s for the younger readers very clearly as the mast heading has 'Teen' or 'Girl' in.
They all use plugs and puffs to make the cover
look more appealing to the younger audience. It almost makes the cover look
more cartoon like. Within the puffs it is usually a 'freebie' title, a
competition or some kind of fact.
A high percentages of the main images on the
magazines are young, attractive and beautiful young girls. This will appeal to
the target audience of young people because this could be their role models on
the front cover. The pictures are very misleading, as they have been photo
shopped a substantial amount. This makes young influential children,
especially girls feel depressed that they don't look as skinny, pretty or have
the latest fashion statement. It has been shown that girls ranging
from 6-12 have been on at least one diet as a result of trying to be like their
'beautiful but fake' role model. I think magazines should do more about body
image and self-esteem to conquer this teenage issue, such as articles
on these type of things. They could also do at least one magazine a year with a
title such as 'natural but beautiful.' This could be dedicated to helping
children build confidence, raising awareness and even include fun educational
things.
With all these magazines aimed at young girls
they all use bright colours to catch the eye of young readers. They all have
young mast heading titles. For example 'Sugar' this could be symbolizing sweet
and innocent. 'TeenVogue' and 'CosmoGirl' both imply its for the younger
readers very clearly as the mast heading has 'Teen' or 'Girl' in.
They all use plugs and puffs to make the cover
look more appealing to the younger audience. It almost makes the cover look
more cartoon like. Within the puffs it is usually a 'freebie' title, a
competition or some kind of fact.
A high percentage of the main images on the
magazines are young, attractive and beautiful young girls. This will appeal to
the target audience of young people because this could be their role model on
the front cover. The pictures are very misleading, as they have been photo
shopped a substantial amount. This makes young influential children,
especially girls feel depressed that they don't look as skinny, pretty or have
the latest fashion statement. It has been shown that girls ranging
from 6-12 have been on at least one diet as a result of trying to be like their
'beautiful but fake' role model. Girls think that they have to put on tons of
make up, inappropriate clothes, and fix their hair for two hours to feel
beautiful just because that’s what their role models do. I think magazines
should do more about body image and self-esteem to conquer this
teenage issue, such as articles on these type of things. They could also do at
least one magazine a year with a title such as 'natural but beautiful.' This
could be dedicated to helping children build confidence, raising awareness
and even include fun educational things. I believe that if the models/role
models on the front of these magazines did something about their photos
being altered then this could have a massive impact. For example: Jessica Simpson has made a big thing about having 'flagrant photo
shopping' on magazines and she has also recently become apart of 'Operation
Smile to start A Beautiful Me.' This is a campaign to motivate teens
to embrace their inner beauty. Jessica Simpson also did a make-up free photo
shoot for Marie Claire, looking beautiful without help from computer
enhancements or cosmetics. This would have really helped teenage girls feel
better about themselves.
There is also a sexist element to teenage girl
magazines. Girls are stereotypically 'meant' to be girly, boy-obsessed and
into pink. But what about those girls that are different and unique? Some of
the individuals are excluded from these types of magazines. I also feel that
these magazines are targeted at the age group that are finding out who they
are, and growing up which can be a hard time for girls. These magazines almost
make out that there is a set way for a girl to act, look and dress, which i
feel is the wrong message that magazines should be trying to get across. After
all, would you want your child who is perfectly healthy and happy to be
influenced by magazines that persuade children what the 'right way to be' is?
http://www.dosomething.org/news/5-celebrities-rejecting-hollywoods-photoshop-fever
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