Cover of the Week

Rolling Stone is one of my favourite music magazines simply for front covers, not content particularly. The diversity in each and every cover keeps me interested and alert to see the next cover. I believe it may do the same for many other readers too (who are like me and care more about who's on the cover than what Rolling Stone writers have included inside the magazine).

Rolling Stone can also have very controversial covers. Seen above, a teenage boy accused of being a part of the Boston bombings earlier this year. Although he has absolutely nothing to do with music culture, Rolling Stone thought their readers may react well to this type of political information. This says much more about the reader than Rolling Stone magazine itself - it could imply that readers are well educated (or not) about world affairs. Americans are usually very patriotic and have a great deal of concern when it comes to important life changing events in their country.