College Magazine Analysis One

Only one main image is used on the front cover of this college magazine taking up the full page. The magazine has a three part color scheme including the colors: black, white and yellow. The color pink is also featured on the front cover of the college magazine only once. The colors aren't necessarily conventional of a typical college magazine front cover. The bright colors such as white, yellow and pink are but the color black isn't as it is a dull color compared to the other bright ones which stand out. The main image is very dark and the background is black making the white and yellow text really noticeable when you look at the magazine. The text shown on the front cover is based around been persuasive and advertising the magazine at the same time. It only shows an insight into each story making you want to read more into the magazine. The magazine includes main features such as the masthead which is the name of the magazine and the main image which shows a college student holding equipment ready to do some work. It also includes a main cover line which relates to the main image of the boy. There are various cover lines on the front cover of the college magazines to entice the audience as well as informative features such as: the web site name, the price, the bar code, the date and the issue. All of these items are conventional of a  college magazine and usually feature on most of them. This makes the magazine noticeable and recognizable. ‘College’ magazine is a college guide and quarterly magazine written and edited by college students and created in 2007 by publisher and founder Amanda Nachman.  She was a student herself in her senior year of college when she launched the first issue of the magazine in September 2007. The magazine features all social college issues including: general advice, career tips, student success stories, sports features, celebrity interviews, sex advice and health questions. The magazine front cover doesn't feature anything offensive or off putting it contains mutual cover stories causing no controversy. The magazine is portrayed in a completely positive way with helpful and informative effects.  The magazine is aimed at an audience of students 16 to 21 male and female at college that are studying and anybody interested in any particular cover line that interests them in the magazine. The way that the magazine comes across is stereotypical of students but neither in a positive or negative way. Everything you would imagine to be included on the front cover is included to attract the right people to the magazine.