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Teen Vogue: Audience and Representation blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Teen Vogue Audience and Representation' and work through the following tasks to complete the audience and representation aspects of your Teen Vogue case study: Audience 1) Analyse the  Conde Nast media pack for Teen Vogue . What is the Teen Vogue mission statement and what does this tell us about the target audience and audience pleasures? "Teen Vogue is the young person’s guide to saving the world. We aim to educate, enlighten, and empower our audience to create a more inclusive environment (both on- and offline) by amplifying the voices of the unheard, telling stories that normally go untold, and providing resources for teens looking to make a tangible impact in their communities." Target audience is young ages 16-24 and are well educated. They are intelligent and like to keep aware of what is going around in the world.  Although the brand name suggests a teenage audience, the t

Teen Vogue: background reading Read this  Guardian feature from 2017 on Teen Vogue  and answer the following questions. 1) What was the article that announced Teen Vogue as a more serious, political website – with 1.3m hits and counting? It was an article (written by Lauren Duca) about the actions of Trump and how he is gaslighting America. *Gaslighting: manipulating someone to the point where they question their own sanity.  5-year-old Lauren Duca, a Teen Vogue contributing editor and award-winning writer for the likes of Vice and the New Yorker published an excellent piece regarding Donald Trump gaslighting America. She wrote “To gaslight is to psychologically manipulate a person to the point where they question their own sanity, and that’s precisely what Trump is doing to this country,” She also gave readers excellent advice, stating  “Refuse to accept information simply because it is fed to you, and don’t be afraid to ask questions.” 39-year-old meditation coach, C