OH COMELY

Media Language
Semiotics: CS Peirce, Ferdinand De sassure, Roland Bathes
Narrative Genre: Steve Neale
Countertype

Media Representation
Feminist critical thinking
hall
bell hooks
Van zoonen

Media Industries
Niche audience
Small company

Media Audiences
Race
‘a genuinely alternative read for creative young women.’

Facts:

Average age of reader – 27 – with high disposable incomes (£5)
The final issue was released in September 2021
100k on social media
25k readers per issue
Owned by Iceberg Press – an independent media organisation that just has a few members of staff
The absence of men as part of the representation of masculinity in Oh Comely magazine.
Iceberg Press, a small London publisher which publishes only one other title.

Essay:

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