The magazine cover, Vibe, offers a great cover with bright colours, which not only excites the reader but entices them too. The visual elements of the magazine are a sign that the magazine is aimed at younger people who are interested in music, this will signify who the magazine is for. The image of the front shows Kanye West, who is a well known artist, whose gestural image could be considered "cool" or "hip" and this most likely was the aim of the people creating the front cover. The icon is the picture of Kanye West, as it is simply him. The picture of him signifies that this article is to do with music because he is well known figure within the music industry. It may symbolise "hip" or "cool" things. The person has also achored the main image with the main article, this is anchorage and they have done this to show the relationship between the two.
This is reasonably detailed but you have engaged fully with new terminology. Semiotics enables you to move from being descriptive to being more analytical.
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