The masthead on this magazine really stands out, as it is in the middle of the page and therefore your attention is drawn straight to that and informing you what the magazine is about straight away. The front cover contains a large amount of colour which makes the page more involved and therefore stand out more. The page is made up of small pieces of work, pictures and writing in which the students have produced. This makes the front cover seem more like a college magazine, as the students have actually taken part in the making of this issue. This text is very organised and involved but is also very busy and complicated, there is a lot going on but it is used to great effect. Overall I think this front page is effective and tells us what its about straight away. I think this is very important for a front cover as the masthead introduces us straight to the issue.
The institution of this magazine is colleges, as we have only seen the front cover we don't know whether it is focused on one college or an overall view on many colleges. I think the ideology of this magazine is to show the work of students and draw attention to colleges, as we are not given much information or main pictures on the front page the text is not given one specific issue. The audience of this magazine would be people aged 16-19 or college teachers, tutors or anyone who is involved with a college or is interested in college life and colleges in general. The magazine is aimed at both genders as it hasnt got any specific colours or images to show us that it is aimed at one gender. This is effective as it is based on more open minded and no stereotyping issue's or spliting up genders and therefore portraying the fact that both genders, male and female are equal in everyday life and more importantly, college life and education. The text shows possitive connotations of college, is shows a creative side of college and a possitive image of college.
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