evaluation of student magazines
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EVALUATION OF STUDENT
MAGAZINES
AS Media Studies
IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOU MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTION OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
WHAT ARE THE CONVENTIONS OF STUDENT
MAGAZINES?
Good magazines should
have:
•Catchy names
•Clear masthead
•Some cover lines on the front
cover page. The cover lines
should be able to get the
audiences’ attention.
•Price of the magazine
•Something that make people
want to buy your magazine.
WHAT DOES THE FRONT COVER HAVE TO
INCLUDE?
The front cover should contains :
catchy name.
cover lines that could get people attention.
A picture that involve about the magazine for example student magazines should have a picture that have something to do with students such as a picture of a student or a picture of school.
It should have something that make people want to buy it for example chance to win a iTunes voucher card or an IPod
WHAT IS A TYPICAL CONTENTS PAGE LIKE?
Most contents page of the
magazines that I had a
look have three things in
common.
First thing is the
pictures.
Second thing is list of
contents which shows us
page numbers of each
topic.
Third thing is a text from
someone.
HAVE YOU INCLUDED THOSE CONVENTIONS IN
YOUR FRONT COVER?
I have included some of the things that good student magazines have for example clear masthead, a picture of a student, price and some cover lines. However I haven’t included any catchy names or catchy cover lines, I haven’t put anything that make people want to buy my magazine for example chance of winning an IPod or a iTunes voucher.
HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT
PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?
For my magazine, it mostly represents students as it is a student magazine however it also represents teachers as well. My magazine represents them because in the magazine it has something to do with them for example what the boarders do in the boarding and how do the teachers in the boarding look after them.
SO HOW DOES IT REPRESENTS TEACHERS?
As we could see in the
photo that they are
studying and the
teacher is teaching
these two students. It
shows that the teacher
cares about the
students as he gives
them extra lessons
outside the class room.
WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE DO YOU USE FOR
YOUR MAGAZINE.
For my magazine the language would be both informal and formal language as my main targeted audiences are students, however their parents might have a look a my magazine as well so it has to be both informal and formal. If I use too formal language non of the students would be my magazine and they will find its boring. I used formal and informal language because when the students read my magazine they would find it more funny and interesting and when the parents read my magazine they will feel like my magazine is not just for fun but also have some useful facts. Therefore I would be able to sell my magazine more.
WHAT KIND OF MEDIA INSTITUTION MIGHT
DISTRIBUTE YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT AND WHY?
My school would distribute my student magazine
because it contains some useful stuff in it for
example exam trips and ways to get better grades.
My magazine is not contain only some serious fact
but it also contains some fun facts as well.
Therefore the school might find it fun and useful
for their students so it will help me to distribute my
magazine.
WHO WOULD BE THE AUDIENCE FOR MY
MAGAZINE?
As I mentioned before
the main target
audience of my
magazine would be
students, however it
could also be parents if
they find my magazine
is useful for their
children.
HOW DID YOU ATTRACT/ADDRESS YOUR
AUDIENCE?
I tried to get my target audience to by my
magazine by putting some cover lines that seem
interesting for them for example “Thank God it’s
Friday”, “Ways to get better grades and “Fun time”
depend on what they find interesting. Some of
them might want to know what is the cover line of
Thank God it’s Friday would be about or some
might want to know what can they do to get better
grades.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT ABOUT TECHNOLOGIES
FROM THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING THIS
PRODUCT?For making my student magazine, I had to used some software in order to create the magazine. The software that I had been used were :
Photoshop
Word processing
Publisher
Paint
Blogger
I also had to used some kind of the hardware for example
digital camera
Scanner
I had to use them in order to input my work. I had to take a mid close up shot so I used digital camera for taking the photo. I had to used the scanner to scan my front cover design and also my contents page design.