A great looking woman is on the cover of Seventeen with a cover article saying “615 Amazing Makeover Ideas”, and a prominent athlete is on the cover of ESPN The Magazine with a cover article saying “October Baseball: Getting Lucky in the Postseason.” Both of these articles represent men and women in their desires. In general, most women would be more interested in Seventeen since it pertains more with beauty, while most men would be interested in ESPN The Magazine because it pertains to sports. Magazines like Seventeen know that the majority of their audience is probably women and therefore, their magazine covers are of beautiful women with cover articles pertaining to beauty. However, magazines like ESPN The Magazine appeal to men because it talks about sports and as a result, their magazine covers are usually of a famous, male athlete with a cover stories related to big sports events. All types of magazines convey a certain message about men and women and indeed, influence the way men and women behave.
Seventeen has a cover with a beautiful woman and a cover article saying “615 Amazing Makeover Ideas.”It’s probable that a woman would buy that magazine because it appeals to women more than men. People know that women are very concerned with style and how to make themselves look better. Seventeen’s cover and cover article are designed to attract woman and get them to believe that they could look like the person on the cover. For example, women on the covers of beauty magazines are beautiful and girls desire to look like them, but they may not know how to achieve that type of look. They look at the cover article and it says “615 Amazing Makeover Ideas” and it generates genuine interest because women can know how to look even more beautiful. Girls are constantly attracted to beauty magazine after beauty magazine because if “there are three words that describe women’s appearances it would be not good enough.” When women read the magazine, they want to apply the...