What does a teacher mean when they ask for the subject matter of a mag cover?

Question

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Answer 1

I think that they mean what is the magazine based about? Say it says on the cover "How to on 10 easy steps to be beautiful". Beauty it probably what the mag is going to be about

Answer 2

The subject matter of a picture such as that on a magazine cover is what the picture represents. It may be a single subject such as a picture of a person or view of a house, or multiple unconnected subjects such as you see on Take-a-break or Hello magazines.