Magazine Analysis

Grimsby College

Front Cover

Language: There is a strong colour scheme on this magazine cover, the colours been blue yellow and white. The masthead is also very big in the corner and stands out against the blue background. There is some articles featured on the front of the magazine, this gives you an insight into what’s actually in the magazine. Also they are some images which go with the article which again, shows you what’s actually in the magazine. The magazine has a slogan, which is ‘The word on the street’ which is quite catchy. It also includes the college website which is useful if you want to find out information about the college. The headings of the articles don’t really give you much information about what the articles are about.

Institution: This magazine has been made by the students of Grimsby College.

Ideology: This magazine is trying to show that the college is a fun place to be, there isn’t anything about work on the front cover so it makes the college seem like a fun place to be.

Audience: This magazine is for the students of Grimsby College.

Representation: The College is trying to show the students to be fun and doesn’t really show anything about work. The articles mention trips, and booze, drugs and life and someone at the college who is a model. This shows that the students are there just to have fun

Content page

Language: The content page is quite full up and you don’t really know where to look. There is a different colour scheme on the content page compared to the front cover. The colours on this are black, orange, blue and green and some pink. Whereas on the front cover, the clear colour scheme is blue white and yellow. This is not a consistent colour scheme. The content of the magazine is all on one side of the page making it quite boring and not something you want to read. There are a few pictures but I’m not sure if they go with the articles on the contents page as this isn’t made clear. The slogan of the magazine is still on the bottom of the page, this is consistent. Overall the content page is a bit overwhelming with all the large chunks of text and the image and colour scheme don’t follow through with what they were doing on the front cover.

Institution: This magazine has been made by the students of Grimsby College.

Ideology: This magazine is trying to show that the college is a fun place to be, there isn’t anything about work on the front cover so it makes the college seem like a fun place to be.

Audience: This magazine is for the students of Grimsby College.

Representation: The College is trying to show the students to be fun and doesn’t really show anything about work. The articles mention trips, and booze, drugs and life and someone at the college who is a model. This shows that the students are there just to have fun.

http://www.grimsby.ac.uk/documents/GX_mag/GX1.pdf