Tatler CSP

1) Look at the Tatler Media Pack. Go to page 2: how does the editor introduce the magazine?

Tatler readers like to shop a lot and they life is reflected on our pages physical and virtual.  

2) Now go to page 4 of the Media Pack. Focus on the print magazine (NOT tatler.com - the website). List the key demographic details: age, gender %, ABC1 % (social class), HHI (Household Income), % of those living in London and the South East. What do these demographic details suggest about the average Tatler reader?

The average age 29 ABC1 90 percent female 89 percent London/Se 70 percent.  

3) Look at page 6. What do Tatler readers think about fashion? How much do they spend?

Tatler spend 843 millon pounds in the past year on fashion 62 percent of Tatler readers agree.

4) Go to page 10. What are the special editions of Tatler that run throughout the year? What does this suggest about the Tatler audience? What about the pyschographic audience group that best fits Tatler?

through out the year there are tv guide wedding guide beauty cosmetic surgery guide jewellery guide spa guide and school guide the audience wants more stuff to be tatler.       

Media language

1) What different examples of typography can you find on the cover of Tatler? What are the connotations of the serif and sans serif fonts?

on the cover were it says tatler its sans serif font but underneath were it says marchioness its serif.

2) How do the cover lines appeal to the Tatler target audience?


3) What are the connotations of the Tatler colour scheme on this particular front cover?

4) How is the central image designed to create interest in the magazine? Find three reasons for your answer. (E.g. the model, the mise-en-scene such as props, costume and make-up, body position, facial expression etc.)

Representations

1) What celebrities, politicians or famous people are mentioned on the cover? Why do you think Tatler put them on the cover?

2) What do the cover lines suggest about the lifestyle of rich people in the UK?

3) Looking at the image and cover lines together, what different groups of people are represented on the cover and how are they represented? (E.g. men/women/rich people/race & ethnicity etc.) 

4) Are there any stereotypes being reinforced or subverted? How? Why?

Social and cultural context

1) Find three other front covers for Tatler from different months. What issues, subjects or people are regularly featured in Tatler?

2) Tatler runs special issues on holidays, spa breaks, cosmetic surgery, watches and jewellery and private schools. What does this suggest about the magazine's representation of life in Britain? 

3) What audience groups might be offended or insulted by the front cover of Tatler April 2017?