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“Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project”

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kim-kardashian-west-justice-project-trailer

‘Teen Vogue is culturally significant in its marrying of the political with fashion and lifestyle to target a young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues. Its explicit feminist stance and reporting on the Trump presidency has made it a relatively radical voice in the context of mainstream US media. The social and economic contexts can be addressed in terms of how the product has been received and how it has succeeded when other magazines (online) are struggling to maintain audiences.’

“culturally significant in its marrying of the political with fashion” I agree as Kim Kardashian is a fashion and beauty icon for many teen girls and this story is combining that fact with her political views.

“young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues.” Kim has a high celebrity profile which helps spread awareness of her views and work, her fame is gained from a successful reality show which has a high young female audience and Kim and her family have been labeled as ‘superficial’ in the past which adds to the stereotype that young female audiences are interested in superficial issues.

“feminist stance” the feminist stance of this magazine article suggest that Kim is a good feminine role model for a young female audience as she is helping bring justice to people.

“mainstream US media.” Kim’s reality show and her documentary are both viewed and aired on mainstream US media and teen vogue adds to this.

Teen Vogue is culturally significant in its marrying of the political with fashion and lifestyle to target a young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues.

• I agree as making fashion inclusive for all sizes is dominant ideology today and Beyonce is a icon with a fashion brand making it about social issues and fashion.
• The issue with models and plus size models in the fashion industry- as the fashion industry is labelled as exclusive and only for certain sized women however diversity has improved over the last few years as majority of famous fashion brands have become more inclusive and released a wider range in sizes. However Beyonce is a huge music star and has always promoted her brand as inclusive as she made her line gender neutral, ‘Beyoncé’s Ivy Park x Adidas Collection Will Be Gender-Neutral’, however she has not made the sizing as inclusive.
• The line and Beyonce have received a lot of feedback due to the sizing.

Young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues – I don’t think my case study is superficial because it discuses a very serious situation which can effect anyone. This shows that teen vogue does not aim specifically at a certain audience as it has story’s which may interest a wider audience

The codes and conventions of a website – For a website page there should always be a picture correlating to a story to intrigue the reader. This story has a clear main image linking to the story.

How does the story construct a particular representation of the world – This story shows that the world is not a perfect and safe place for anyone. It also shows us that the story’s on teen vogue are not specific to women however they are mostly aimed at women.

Uses and gratifications – The main Uses and gratifications that can be seen in teen vogue are entertainment, social interaction and education. People read to vogue because it can be entertaining reading the different articles, they can talk to their friends about the magazine and the articles within, lastly they can learn important things from some of the articles for example this one about cat-fishing.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/signs-youre-being-catfished

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sex-education-george-robinson-isaac

More traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues – I think that Sex Education isn’t interested in more superficial issues because the actor George Robinson is disabled in real life which means that throughout the show he will experience real life events; there will therefore be a deeper meaning for the character Isaac. His relationship with Maeve represents that people don’t have to discriminate or be mean just because someone is disabled and doesn’t function like everyone else, they’re still the same person that they always have been. Their relationship highlights this and shows how Sex Education isn’t necessarily interested in more superficial issues. Having an actor who is disabled in real life is admirable because characters are often played by people who aren’t in wheelchairs in real life which implies a lack of consideration; however, using George Robinson to play Isaac is significant as he uses a wheelchair in real life and it represents a disability in a more real and heartfelt way.

Representation of particular groups – Many groups are being represented in Sex Education, including different races/ethnicity, people with disabilities, many different personalities etc. Isaac is being represented as having a disability which adds a sense of diversity to the show because it shows how the show is inclusive and doesn’t exclude people just because of what they’re like. The representation of having George Robinson play Isaac in the show is significant as he said he can empathise with the character. Although Isaac and Maeve grow a good relationship with each other in the show, the actors who played them (George Robinson and Emma Mackey) have developed a good relationship in real life which shows how different people can work together and be friends even if their background or situation is completely different.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kim-kardashian-west-justice-project-trailer

Marrying of the political with fashion and lifestyle to target a young female audience – in this article this is seen as they have used a serious issue such as mass incarceration with a high profile celebrity such as Kim Kardashian to make there teenage audience interested.

Reporting on the Trump presidency has made it a relatively radical voice in the context of mainstream US media – in the article Trump is blamed for the problem of mass incarceration which supports the anti- trump movement seen regularly in there articles.

Creates an ideology about the world it is constructing– the ideology that teen vogue creates is that everyone aspires to be a celebrity and that they are more important than everyone else. it is seen in this article as Kim Kardahian is seen to be powerful enough that she alone can change Americas justice system.

Marshall McLuhan: The Medium is the Message–

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/penn-badgley-you-women

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/iran-united-states-sanctions-soleimani

Teen Vogue is culturally significant in its marrying of the political with fashion and lifestyle to target a young female audience- This article focuses on the well known artist Harry Styles, it talks about his sexuality and how he ‘rejects labels’. This would be considered a reactionary article in a teen magazine as it talks about real life issues in society 

How is it appealing to the target audience? This would be appealing to a female teen audience because it includes a well known singer who’s audience is usually teen girls as well as Teen vogues

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/stella-mccartney-biodegradable-denim

This article is found in the style section on the teen vogue website. I think that it is a good example of teen vogue’s link between politics, culture and style because it focuses on a new line of fashion whilst also facing the environmental challenges of today’s society.

This article represents teen vogue as inspiration for ‘powerful women’ as oppose to it’s original purpose which was only to promote fashion

The article is more of an educational tool for it’s target audience of teenage girls because it promotes entrepreneurship and how it can link to eco conscious minds within it’s target audience

• Condé Nast owns Teen Vogue and is a publishing company
• 8 million dollars made a year for Teen Vogue
• Advanced publications own other publications
• Founded in 1909
• Focused on fashion, politics, culture, identity
• Teen Vogue was launched in 2003 and is a sister publication (horizontal) to Vogue and is targeted at teenage girls
• First issue: January 2003, Final issue: December 2017 (on paper) featuring Hillary Clinton. They now only produce articles online
• Cut down prints in 2015 as it wasn’t very efficient and not many people were buying them
• Primary target audience: Teenage girls
• since 2016, Teen Vogue has grown substantially in traffic through its website; in January 2017, the magazine’s website had 7.9 million US visitors compared to 2.9 million the previous January
• 1.7% of their May 2018 audience was 17 or younger, 2.6% were 18 to 24 years old

There is a wide variety of topics (Overview of the homepage)

Represents a lot of different topics and Teen Vogue can reach and increase their audience by the variety that they have on their website. Keeps people updated on ‘all the gossip’.

• Teen Vogue is a former US print magazine
• launched in 2003
• targeted at teenage girls
•  it included stories about fashion and celebrities.
• Teen Vogue ceased its print edition and continue as an online-only publication as part of a new round of cost cuts
• Teen Vogue’s original price was $1.50
• Teen Vogue had 8,341,000 unique visitors in May 2017 and 4,476,000 in 2018. 1.7 percent of their May 2018 audience was 17 or younger, 2.6 percent were 18 to 24 years old
• Condé Nast own teen vogue 
• Condé Nasts parent company is Advance