Wednesday, 5 October 2011

Conventions of a College magazine 1

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The language -All over the front cover there is alot of different languages used these are; masthead, left third and Flash. All of the Language that is used is used to relate to the audience, and its used in order to make the audience want to buy the product. The Masthead, this is a big bold name for the magazine, that is used in order to make the magazine stant out to the reader.
There is not a slogan on the magazine, however the name ofthe magazines website 'www.grimsby.ac.uk'. The reason why this is situated in this place it is because the Masthead is very big and bold, it is also in an illuminous colour, which would stand out to the reader. This will ensure that the reader will know what the website is called, this may also prompt the reader into wanting to visit the website.
The main image is a cartoon of a student who is representing a particular college. The picture is long body shot of the student, the student is also looking directly at the masthead to show that this magazine relates to the college.
There are three main colours on this magazine, yellow, blue and white. Most of the important pieces of text are written in blue, which relates back to the colour of the background as it is also in blue. This shows the relations between the College and the students as most the articles are based on the student of the College.
The  is no date located on this magazine, this is not effective as it does to ensure the reader when the magazine was published, which relates to the relevancy of the magazine as it is outdated. There is also no barcode which means this magazine is free to all the students.

Institution - The institution of this magazine is Grimsby College. However the Magazine is aimed at all students at Grimsby college and students who are looking to start the college in the future.
Ideology - the ideology of this Magazine, is to inform the students whats going on in colleges, it is also to bring a fun and easy approach to the magazine. This is why Students would want to buy the magazine, as it relates to them and also talks about other things other then College.

Audience - the Audience is aimed at students who are at Grimsby college, the age variation is between 16-19.

Representation - The representation of the magazine is an Image of a cartoon student, who is staring at the masthead, which shows he is representing the magazine and his college.

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