Conventions of a college magazine contents

This college magazine contents page is simple and clear. The theme of this contents page is green and black mainly. Down the left hand side is a welcome note and contact details. That is there because if the readers have any feedback, complaints or queries, they can easily contact someone. There is a welcome note in the top left hand corner. This gives off a positive feature of the magazine as when the reader sees the welcome sign; they make the reader feel like the editor of the magazine is directly talking to them. The contents page lets its target audience know what’s inside from this page. Each heading has a kicker going into some detail about what the reader will find inside. The magazine has put pictures on the contents page with numbers on linking them to a specific story within the magazine. This gives its readers a visual interpretation of what the story is going to be about. It also makes the page look attractive and appealing. On this magazines contents page it shows logos and organisations they support such as recycling. I think the purpose of doing this was to get there readers to also support the same organisations they do.

This cover and contents is clearly for a much younger audience. I think this magazine is for people who haven’t actually started college yet but are maybe going into it. On the cover is a cartoon woman. This clearly represents it’s for a younger audience.  The font styles are bubble like and have a fake look about them. Both pages are very bright and shocking. The contents page has very detailed descriptions about what is going to be in the magazine, set out very clearly in separate, numbered bubbles, which also adds to why I think this magazine is for a much younger audience. I believe it’s probably a free hand out, especially as it’s for teenagers. The target audience age I would say would be 14-16 year olds. This range is very small but people younger than 14 do not attend college and I do not think anyone over the age of 16 would purchase this magazine due to its simplicity and kid like effects. I would say this magazine is a guide for high school kids approaching college.