Genre research, Pop

In this task I looked into the pop genre, pop music and pop industry. I did this research to get a clear understanding and to further my knowledge within the pop genre. This task helped me to understand the history of pop, artists, pop magazines and the pop industry. This is benefit me in the future as I will know what to indue and what appeals more and the history behind the pop industry.

Two contrasting magazines, annotating webpages, Anthem

This page is very eye-catching as it uses 2 colours one that is dark and one that is light and are very bold. This webpage makes its very easy to subscribe to Anthem as there are many things you can click to subscribe as well as having there one section for it. This page compared to Bauer is very different as this one is more bold and convincing. They also have a section for music magazines and able to subscribe below it and also have a picture of the magazine so you get to see what it looks like. This webpage is also eye-catching as bold. They have many options you can click on such as Back Issues and Subscriptions ext. They also make it very clear are the top of the page that its free delivery within the uk, money-back guarantee and they deliver worldwide. This is a very good way to connect to audience as they are only paying for the magazine and not everything else that comes with, as if they go to a shop and buy it they wouldn't pay for delivery. so it's not only the same price its also easier than going out and you can subscribe weekly, monthly ect.

two contrasting magazines, annotating webpages - Bauer

The use of the newsroom allows us the audience stay up to date with the latest reviews, stories and posts on Bauer. This is quite a personal webpage as it allows us to notice peoples pictures and names. Tells us about the latest releases and tells us what is nominated and the awards that are considered. Also tells us about spokes people giving us there names and pictures and what magazine they are the spoke-people for. this webpage clearly shows what more Bauer does. Tells us about the adventure, Bauer academy and you can click on this categories and look into it more to see exactly what Bauer is about, what they do and there academy. Tells us about their entertainment and events they hold and the entertainment hub on Bauer, also also there awards and achievements. They set this out very neatly so its easy to click on and find exactly what you are looking for and what your trying to find. Bauer publish loads of magazines, as well as bigger brands such as Heat and Mojo. Bauer has many small specific brands as there are way to many magazines that are included in this industry. This page shows the magazines they publish along with there logo as us as a audience can recognise it more when sold in shops or out and about. This webpage lets us look at the digital side of what Bauer does, the magazine side, TV side and radio side.

Competitor Research- WordItOut

In this task I had to make a wordle of words that link with pop and the pop genre. i used different colours so it appeals more on my blog. I learnt what magazines and what words associate with pop and would be beneficial when doing my own magazines to see what common things should be included.

Summary of what i have learnt so far.

During all the tasks I have completed I have gained much knowledge on magazines and the music industry; I have also gained a lot of knowledge on using new blog tools within my work. My insight to the music magazine industry has developed a lot since the start of getting the tasks. I have learnt many things such as the two most popular and well-known music publishes, being Bauer and Anthem. I have learnt a lot about these two publishers when researching into them for one of my tasks. I have also learnt the main key concepts that are applied to a music magazine, eg, the audience, genre, representation and institution, and how they are applied and what they include. I am mostly interested in the pop industry within music magazines, so I want to further my knowledge and apply my tasks to be around the pop genre. I have also learnt from my research all the different genres on music magazines eg, rock, pop, jazz, rock and many more. During my next tasks I’m sure I will gain more knowledge about the music magazine industry and apply it to my work.