Research and planning: Magazine Analysis 2

Magazine Analysis 2 

This college magazine uses different features to draw in its target audience such as students, which are young adults. I can tell this as there is a masthead saying 'College' this shows that it is a college magazine and the masthead to inform readers of what it is and to draw in its target audience it is also very large and bold to draw in attention. A image is also used on the front of the magazine of a young adult holding numerous books titled with things such as 'Law, Buisness and Society', this also conveys that the magazine is a college magazine as there is a young man who is clearly studying as he has numerous books. You can also tell that this is an american college magazine as the cover lines use american vocabulary, for example "spring break" and "campus casual". To make the magazine look official and profesional a issue number, date of realise and barcode is used. The barcode is found in the bottom left corner also with the price to inform students how much the magazine is, students may also find this useful as they could scan the barcode with there phone to find other issues if they like the magazine and would like to read more. There is a website URL at the top right of the magazine just under the masthead which also conveys that this magazine is directed towards young adults, as it was a magazine directed towards an older generation it would be less likely to have a website URL on as the internet is usually understood more by younger generations. Numerous cover lines are used to draw in the attention of students and to also intrigue them so they want to read the whole of the story, one cover line used on this magazine is 'the ultimate spring break escape', you can tell this is directed towards students as if you are older and not a student you would not have a 'spring break' and people have different ways they enjoy to spend there spring break, which varies in different generations. An other cover line used is 'make money on campus' this would intrigue students as they would be living alone and extra money would be ideal for them whereas an adult would not need to know how to make money on a campus as they would not be living there, unlike students.

In my magazine I will also use a masthead, issue number, date, barcode and cover lines.