Magazine Cover!

I choose this magazine cover because it supplied some interest to me and it also stuck out. The magazine is entitled as a "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC" magazine. This is an on going serious of magazines that talks about real world issues. Most, if not all, of the magazine's topics are about very serious matters (including wars, economic struggles, foreign troubles, etc). This picture stuck out to me because it is a picture about a previous war, which is the Gulf War.

The lady is a very key aspect in the picture. From her non-verbal expressions, the audience can tell that she looks very scared. The way her face is set and the bulging of the eyes gives the audience this impression. The audience is reinforced in this idea that she is scared through the text on the magazine.

The words on the magazine say, basically, that many Afghanistan civilians and refuges are scared. This is in smaller print which looks like it might be less important then the larger print on the left. This print talks about "Afghanistan's War--torn Frontier." This will tell the audience why the women on the cover, along with the rest of the Afghanistan civilians, are scared. It will also give the reader information on the war. The cover might suggest a sort of bias for a side in the war.

The women on the cover looked scared, and she is suppose to represent the Afghanistan civilians. If this is true, the cover might be bias towards an anti-war magazine. They might be suggesting that the efforts are futile and that the United States of America is making these people scared. It also might add that they are losing lives that were exactly necessary, or something along those lines. This kind of magazine will appeal to an older audience.

Children usually do not want to know about wars and deaths at their age. This kind of magazine usually appeals to older people who are interested in politics and wars. The colors are not bright colors and would not stick out for a kid. But this is not to say that it is not colorful. It has a variety of dull/not bright colors that might appeal to an older crowd. The last thing that should be talked about in this cover is the medium use of text.

There are not a lot of words, but there also is not just a couple. The magazine wants to give the reader a good variety of things that it is going to cover, but not all. It leaves them on the edge a little. It might catch their attention and then they would have to read it to get the details. It says just enough information to give the audience basic concepts of the magazine, without giving the entire magazine away. All in all, I thought this magazine cover was interesting and it supplied could imagery along with decent text which will attract an audience.