Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Research and Planning: College magazine cover analysis

The target audience for this magazine is obviously college students, made clear by the large bold title shown at the top of the cover. Also, you can tell it is aimed at students because of the model who is holding books and the repetition of the word college throughout the cover. The types of stories included in this edition of the college magazine include ways to make money on campus, why people love Blackberry and a piece called 'Thank god it's Friday', amongst many others. All of these stories relate to college life and would interest the students as they are able to get involved with these stories.

The design of the cover is quite dark in its background but that pushes the bright yellows and pinks to the forefront. The white also stands out massively on the black background. Furthermore, part of the title, or name of the magazine, is covered by the models photo which you would think would hinder the attractiveness of the cover, but this is not the case. The college theme is pushed so much on the cover that you know its related to college, even if you can't see the full title/name.

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