Magazine Cover Analysis - OK! Magazine

The masthead uses the word "OK!" which is a simple colloquial term used in everyday life, suggesting that the magazine is friendly and approachable, almost as if its talking to a friend. The word "OK" is an accepting linguistic, just accept and move on, making the audience passive to everything they read, even if the magazine lying. The use of punctuation, the exclamation mark, used on the end of the word adds emphasises to what the word actually is saying, making the word being presented in a more happy, positive way. Furthermore, it shows the title like it is shouting at its audience.

The main image denotes Kate Middleton on the cover. The magazine was published around the time she just gave birth to her first child, making it her obvious for being on the cover and being the central protagonist on many different media outlets of the time. The picture is a close up, paparazzi shot of Kate, she is filling the majority of the cover, proving that the majority/main story is going to be about her. The anchorage around her is mainly depicting stories about her and the people she surrounds herself with.

3) The anchorage around the magazine is very cluttered and compiled on top of one another. This suggests that the magazine is extremely busy with celebrity gossip that it wants to get out. Moreover images/anchorage on the left of the cover relate with the main image of the Duchess of Cambridge. They are the main story lines along with -sub-story lines that she
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5) The target audience for the magazine will be targeted towards Mainstreamer women. It has popular celebrities that are household names that people will relate to, they're unfamiliar to the audience.