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A Comparison ofJapanese Magazine ‘ViVi’ and
American Magazine ‘Cosmopolitan’
COVER
Both:•Eye catching•Pop color•Female portraits
ViVi:•Variety in shot types(MS, CU, Two-Shot…etc.)•Use both exclusive models and celebrities as covergirls
Cosmopolitan:•Mostly medium shots taken from knees up•Always use celebrities, no exclusive models
INTENDED AUDIENCE
ViVi:•Senior high school girls to women in their 20s
Cosmopolitan:•College girls to women in their 30s
CONTENT
Cosmopolitan
ViVi
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Fashion&BeautyLifestyleOthers
CONTENTON
FASHION & BEAUTY
ViVi:•Lots of information on one page•Images of both models and products are heavily used•Lots of detailed fashion tips•Detailed information including step by step tutorials are often introduced in the beauty section
CONTENTON
FASHION & BEAUTY
Cosmopolitan:•Fewer images per page•Images of products play a more signicant role•Not as much information nor tutorials•Products on the page can be bought directly by clicking the “shop this page” on the upper right corner
CONTENTON
LIFESTYLE
ViVi:•Fun, energetic, and colorful page design•Image cutouts are heavily used•Comments and small paragraphs are incorporated with images
CONTENTON
LIFESTYLE
Cosmopolitan:•Simple page design, usually white base•Mostly 1~2 images for one article•Articles are much longer
CONTENTON
OTHERS
Both have astrology sections at the end!