1. AS Media Studies Unit G321
Preliminary Task
College Magazine Front Cover Analysis
Go on to Google Images and type in “college magazine”. Find two appropriate images of college magazine front covers. After
studying the front covers, answer the following questions about the person(s) featured on the front covers, showing justification of
your decisions.
(Insert magazine (Insert magazine
image 1 here) image 2 here)
Question Answer(s) Reason(s)
What breakfast cereal do they
eat?
What car / mode of transport
do they use?
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2. AS Media Studies Unit G321
Preliminary Task
What type of accommodation
do they live in?
What do they drink?
What TV shows / films do they
watch?
What type of music do they
like?
What is their favourite meal?
What sport do they watch /
play?
What is their marital status?
Where do they go on holiday?
Do they vote? If so, who for?
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3. AS Media Studies Unit G321
Preliminary Task
What is their idea of a ‘good
night out’?
You should find it easy to answer these questions and the reason for this is fairly straightforward. Magazine publishers work hard to
create a view of their ‘ideal reader’ and, in order to sell this readership to advertisers, they go as far as developing short narratives
about their typical reader. This is something that you should be thinking about for your own magazines.
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