Mainstream vs Niche

 LO4 - Understand the target audience of media products.

Mainstream - mass audience

Niche - small/specific audiences

Mainstream Cover

I have chosen the TV guide as my mainstream magazine cover as this is one of the most commonly read magazines. As it covers many different channels and includes interviews and articles about the most viewed soaps and upcoming movies on TV, it interests a large range of people and means that it is a very mainstream magazine. The text featured on this cover includes information about the ongoing olympics at the time along with sneak peaks about more movies or future episodes of TV to catch people's eyes.

Niche Cover 

I have chosen the Country Walking magazine as my niche magazine cover as this is not a magazine that would interest everybody unlike the TV guide as only people that are interested in walking/rambling and hiking would want to read this in order to find more walks. This is also niche as it would not apply to people who live in more built up city areas as they cannot do said country walking. Furthermore, due to the text asking about 'how green people's gear is' it applies more to more advanced walkers with proper hiking gear.