Writing Feedback / Exemplification essay - All about clothes [2]

All about clothes
Sitting in the cafeteria, you might feel curious about a person just walking by on the street. Who is that man? What does he or she do? How does he or she feel? Why does that person dress like that? You probably couldn't know the person's name. But, what he or she wears can reveal something about the person. Clothing a person wears can tell a lot.

First, different colors of clothes may reveal wearer's feelings and personality. According to the research, people tend to wear clothes of warm colors such as yellow, orange, red or pink when they feel happy or energetic; while wearing clothes of cold colors adds gloom or sadness to a person. Besides, wearer in warm colors may show his or her enthusiasm toward life. On the other hand, those who dress in cold colors might have the indication of self-possessed and sense. Indeed, colors of the clothing reflect one's varied mood and personality to life.

In addition, the ways to wear outfit in daily life can express a person's living habit. Take shirt for example. On a formal occasion in a company, everyone wears shirt. Suddenly, there come two men. One wears clean and neatly ironed shirt, the other wears sloppy and wrinkled shirt with the sleeves rolled up. These two men's shirts give us different thoughts about them. The former person may make others feel that he has not only self-respect but also respect for other people. At the same time, it means that he is used to dealing with his clothing well and has dress sense. The latter person's wrinkled shirt seems to be tucked into wardrobe. It reveals that he does not care much about his clothing unlike the neatly-dressed man.

Finally, wearing clothing might show a person's self-identity and which group he or she belongs to. For example, in America, there is a group of people, usually are the teens, dressing in all black. This is what we call "Goth" or "Gothic" people. The ideas for them to dress like that can be traced back in early 1980s, England. They self-indentify that they have been spurned by 'normal' society because the way they want to live; their lives do not fit in with how most people are told to live theirs. Another example is Hutterite. It is a religious group in German. The clothing they wear is very unique. Women and girls wear a kerchief-style head covering which is usually black with white polka dots, while the men wear black jacket.

To the conclusion, judging from what a person wears can know more information about that person. Through different clothes of colors, we can know what emotions and characters they may have. By noticing two men's shirts on an occasion, we can tell that one's living habit when dealing with clothes. In the end, special wearer might reveal what self-identity he or she perceive and which group to belong to.

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Research Papers / Prevention magazine Readers; Short Analysis Report [2]

For the purpose of identifying the target audience of a popular magazine, I selected Prevention, an American healthy lifestyle magazine as my research material. The results of analysis demonstrate that Prevention magazine with its colorful photographs, visual-friendly design and various healthy food recipes is mainly directed towards middle-aged women.

Delving into the entire magazine from its cover to the Table of Contents of several particular issues might be a good way to analyze and identify the target audience of Prevention. In addition, the advertisements throughout will also be evaluated in this report.

Examining the cover of Prevention, the readers can be easily led to the right track the magazine promotes-"Love Your Whole Life." On the cover of March 2013 issue of Prevention there was a bowl of fresh and juicy strawberries with the heading "52 Foods that heal" in highlighted font attracting the readers and arousing their interests in flipping through the magazine. All article titles on the cover have connections with staying healthy or being fit through diets, which clearly appealed to mature women aware of health issues. For instance, in the article titled "10 Fat-fighting foods at 40+," it states that these so-called superfoods such as chili powder or dark chocolate chips can help eat less, burn fat and slim down; moreover, they work on those women who are at their 40s well. Another example is the article "Pioneer Woman recipes-All the flavor without the fat." Again, obviously the recipes provided here are custom-built for the women. At first glance, these article titles are designed well for the female readers.

In addition to its cover, the Table of Contents in Prevention also shows its readers a clear pattern to pay attention to. There are five parts: Good to Know, Your Turn, Answers, Food, and Nesting in this magazine. Each well-organized part is strongly focused on particular issues that would attract its target audience-women who seek smart ways to maintain and enhance their health condition. For example, the article titled "Eat Yourself Happy" in the section of Good to Know informs its audience how they can improve their emotions by eating the right foods. Moreover, Prevention magazine provides some personal experiences in the monthly column Your Turn to inspire its audience who have the problems such as weight loss. Normally the narrators are women at the same age as the target audience. For example, in the March issue of Prevention, Taneisha Marks, who is in her 40s, told a story about how to lose weight by walking. Therefore, such a story surely draws great attention from those women.

Last but not least, observing the advertisements throughout is another approach to identify and analyze the target audience. The advertisements in Prevention can be categorized into four types: beauty products, health products, nutrient snacks or juice, and health equipment. It is not difficult to recognize these advertisements aim to get attention from specific group of people. For example, as for beauty products in Prevention, the products are not eye-liners or cream blush as in other beauty-oriented magazines such as ELLE or VOGUE; instead they are wrinkle-free lotions or the lifters to solve skin problems in order to become younger. Another way to identify the target audience is the advertisements of health equipment. A teenaged girl might not be able to afford the equipment such as treadmill, blood glucose test or heat wrap. In short, the potential customers these advertisements cater to would not be teenaged girls but mature or married women.

To sum up, Prevention magazine as a leading health publication in the U.S. is devoted to providing information on how to deal with the aging process, weight loss, and stay healthier in a natural way. Judging from the magazine's cover to advertisements throughout, the readers can undoubtedly recognize this magazine is mainly for those middle-aged women who are in pursuit of living well.

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This is my first time to write short analysis report. Any suggestions are welcomed and I will be grateful for that!
The purpose of this report is to analyze and identify the target audience from popular magazine.