College Magazine

Who is the target audience?
The target audience is students both male and female more between the age of 15- 18, as they may be looking to go to sixth form or may be in sixth form and want to get information about it. As it is a magazine for a college then it may appeal to teachers and staff who work at this specific school as they may want to know information about the school just as much as the students.

How do you know who the target audience is?
With the magazine being from a school, it is obvious that the main focus would be the students and possibly the teachers. Therfore the parents will also be intrested in the magazine as they want to see whats going on in the school and how the students are getting on. The teachers will probably already know most of the information in their but they still may want to read just for extra information and it is more likely that the students willl produce the magazine so they may want to see how well they are doing creating the magazine.

How does it engage the audience?
As this cover is very plain it doesnt really suggest much and personally i dont think it would appeal to the audience. Also the font is very basic and straightforward and the layout is very simple. i would have been more creative with the cover and used font and a layout which would appeal to the readers. However as they have used images which are relavent to the school/College so therfore then this will catch the students eye as the image is relavent to them.

What is the ideology of the college from the front cover?
On the cover, there are two stories, one about an award to one of the pupil and the other article is about a tragedy in the community. This cover appeals to the students as they will want to see what it says about the student as they may know the student. also the other article some student/staff may not know about the tradgedy within the community, therfore they will more likely want to know about it.

What do they consider important?
By looking at this cover the main thing that i would say that would be considered important is the students achievments as they have placed a large image with large text, which shows that it is important as they want to encourage their students to do well.