analysis of magazine 2

Language- The text on the front cover of this magazine is plain and boring, but on the other hand the white works well on the block black colour, you can read it properly un like the Grimsby magazine. The black and white colours connotate that the college is an indivual college, with mystery and purety. The photograph gets my attention when I first look at the page, because it is in the centre and the biggest thing on the front cover. Nothing else on this front cover attracts me because everything is boring, and I think it’s a bad image to present to the audience they may think the college is a boring place, just by seeing the front cover of a magazine. On a good note, the magazine is free we can tell this because there is no barcode. It makes a magazine more interesting when it has more than one photograph to focus on, and this one photograph isn’t very appealing. They have made good use of the layout though because it is easy to read.

Institution- East Riding College, it welcomes more than 1,500 full time students each year. Thousands more take on part-time and higher education courses. The main campuses are in Beverly and the costal resort of Bridlington, also having a smaller site in hull. East Riding College was rated as a "good" college by Ofsted in 2007 and we have been told they are improving. Courses provided by the College range from full-time courses aimed at 16 to 18-year-olds to higher education courses

Ideology- the college belivives in equality, as you can suggest from the people in the photo having no identity. The headline ‘no bullying’ suggests the college doesn’t believe in bullying, and wants everybody to have their own indivuality. By the other headline’s we can see they believe in encouraging you to do well in what you want to do, by ‘making a positive contribution’ and getting involved with the college.

Audience- College student’s I think from 16 over because it doesn’t state on the front page that it is a six form college, so this suggests its open to all ages and all people willing to start a career. The audience should include parents of teenagers deciding what college they want to attend, because usually parents are a main part in deciding teenagers future education. So the college will have to give of a good feeling to them as well as proving to the students what a good college it is.

Representation- I don’t think this magazine gives a clear representation from the magazine, because we can not see what gender or age the people in the photograph are. However on the other hand you could see this as a good thing been you can be who you want to be at east riding college, because it represents anybody, whoever you are and what you want to be.