LIIAR Analysis of my College Magazine:

LANGUAGE:

Conventions: The slogan is situated underneath the masthead at the top of the magazine. It is ‘Learn about Wyke College…’ this tells you in itself what the magazine is about as well as rhyming with the masthead/title: ‘Wyke Knowledge’. This is the anchorage I have used on the front cover to draw in people attention more.

The masthead is bold and broad so that it grabs people attention and straight away they know what that particular magazine is called.

The titles of the stories also grab people’s attention so that the audience know what stories will be inside and hopefully make them want to read the magazine more because they think that the stories sound good!

-All styles of the text; Masthead, Slogan, Subheadings/Titles etc… Have the same house style throughout the magazine, this means I have used a consistent amount of two or three main colours and one or two fonts throughout the entire publication to establish brand identity and so that it looks more professional.

This means I have used a consistent amount of two or three main colours and one or two fonts throughout the entire publication to establish brand identity.

INSTITUTION:

This magazine is for the college to distribute so that more people can learn and know more about the college and what it has to offer.

IDEOLOGY:

The message it is trying to send out is that it isn’t a boring college and there is a lot going on and it has a lot to offer students.

The purpose of this magazine is so that more students become aware of what is happening in their college and how their fellow college students are doing as well.

It should represent the college in a good and positive light.

AUDIENCE:

Target Audience:

The specific group of people towards whom this magazine is directed is 15-24 (mainly college students) which are in both INNER and OUTER DIRECTED groups.

I think that because of the images I have used and colour scheme/house style I decided on attracts the students and looks more like a college magazine then a sophisticated magazine such as the journal which is obviously directed to older people, not so much students.

REPRESENTATION:

It represents the students at Wyke College and how if they work hard at what they want they can succeed! It doesn’t represent teens in a negative way it represents them in a very positive one.  -It doesn’t stereotype teens/students as being reckless or anti-social like television might.

It also represents the college in a good light because it shows that it is dedicated to its students and is proud of them when they achieve something, this is shown because they write about it in the magazine so everyone can see how well they are doing.