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This brash double page listing uses bright colours and large imagery almost to the point at which it is offensive to the eye. This level of unrelenting colour and a mashup of angles and curves is not the mark of high-brow journalism in a reputable publication.

This tabloid is clearly cheap to produce and cheap to buy, perhaps reflecting the health of the listing magazines industry.

This spread is reflective of its family audience, designed to be entertaining to children and also reflecting the amount each broadcaster paid for its advert in the size of their listing.

All of the individual listings are segregated, making them easy to read, and they all have an added picture to aid their visual impact, particularly when using imagery that is ingrained in the public psyche.

This profile piece is focussed on a single person and as such, more than a page is dominated by a picture of the subject. The page is dominated by muted greys and the contrasting red in the subject’s hair and the podium draped in red stripes supposed to represent the US flag.

The striking pose with the look of confidence is juxtaposed by the subtitle ‘Why is Florence Welch lying on the floor attacking herself?’. This adds to the intrigue and attracts an audience that may not have previously been interested in the article or the subject, expecting it to be yet another terrible profile.

The addition of the song title and lyric ‘got the love’ adds to the recognisability of the article’s subject, adding an audible cue despite being a print publication.

The body text appears to be more of an afterthought, moulded around the graphical elements that take precedence in this case.

The single ‘L’ that dominates the otherwise page of block body text is the only graphical element to break up the page. The letter ‘L’ is both the perfect shape to fit a rectangle and a letter relating to the subject, a perfect filler for an otherwise drab page.

The full page image of Lady Gaga’s almost naked upper body is the kind of risqué image that she has come to garner and be well known for. The use of a single colour, red, the colour that evokes the most in human emotions is also key in being a key identifier.

This spread reflects its subject in the boldness of the imagery and the bold strake of colour which contrasts with the monochrome of the rest of the elements.