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Contents page research I have compared the contents pages of the music magazine ‘Metal Hammer’ and ‘Uncut’. Both of the magazines contents pages have similarities and differences. The genres of the magazines was different, Metal Hammer is aimed at young men who like to listen to heavy metal music and attend gigs, whereas Uncut is for slightly older people (maybe in their 40’s) who like to reflect and appreciate old and general music. Here I've got a list of the similarities between them.
Magazine title
Contents page title
Described articles
Features and Regulars section
Large image about the main article
Thumbnails of editor and other articles
Letter from the editor on the right hand side
Clear representation of target audience
Text/image in the top left quarter and the rest of the page images/text.Here is a more detailed version of my research:

Conventions of a Contents Page in a Music Magazine

I have compared the contents pages of the music magazine ‘Metal Hammer’ and ‘Uncut’. Both of the magazines contents pages have similarities and differences. The genres of the magazines was different, Metal Hammer is aimed at young men who like to listen to heavy metal music and attend gigs, whereas Uncut is for slightly older people (maybe in their 40’s) who like to reflect and appreciate old and general music. Here I have written list of the conventions of contents pages in Uncut and Metal Hammer and also the similarities between them.
Metal Hammer:
· Magazine title
· Contents page title
· 13 described articles
· Features and Regulars section
· Images advertising bands and articles
· Letter form the editor down the right hand side
· Large picture of the main article and thumbnails of cover and editor
· Clear colour scheme and target audience representation.
· Layout of contents in top left hand side and images everywhere else with the letter from the editor going down the right hand side.Uncut:
· Contents page title
· Small magazine title at the bottom
· Date of issue next to title
· 25 described articles
· Features, Regular and Reviews sections
· One large image about the feature article
· Thumbnails of the editors
· Letter from the editor on the right hand side of the page
· Clear representation of the target audience
· Layout of main article image taking up a quarter of the page on the left hand side and the rest is writing (reverse layout of Metal Hammer) and letter from the editor in the same place.Similarities in conventions:
· Magazine title
· Contents page title
· Described articles
· Features and Regulars section
· Large image about the main article
· Thumbnails of editor and other articles
· Letter from the editor on the right hand side
· Clear representation of target audience
· Text/image in the top left quarter and the rest of the page images/text.