One student's deconstruction of recent Cosmo Girl Cover
 

Media language: Bright colours to attract target audience, big, bold image to represent the celebrity being portrayed, and so the target audience can recognise her, pink girlie colurs to connote the gender of the magazine to be female. "What guys really want" is under the heading to appeal to the ladies of the magazine, and persuades them to buy the magazine as girls latest interest is guys. Institution: Front cover of a magazine Genre: Girls fashion and beauty magazine Representation: Represents a mixed ethnic minority as the female is known for her role in "ugly betty" which can suggest that all types of people are represented, even though her role on television is not real. It represents the young, independent girls in today's society. Audience: The audience for this magazine would be young girls between the ages of 18- 25. They would be interested in fashion and beauty tips, and would be girls who have social time to purchase and read this magazine. it could also suggest that these females are free, and independent without men in their lives, or are looking for men, as many of the straplines conveyed involve pleasing men or gaining male attention. Ideologies and Values: The values that this magazine can raise is that you don't have to be exceptionally beautiful to look like the women on the front covers of magazines, normal girls can look like that too. Narrative: In a way the front cover of a magazine can tell a story of the way women want to be and how they live.   http://balindermed6.blogspot.com/2007/02/magazine-front-cover-cosmo-girl-media.html