Conventions of a college/school magazine front cover, using LIIAR.

The following are conventions of a college/school magazine front cover;

Language - Not only the writing of the cover, the language includes text, images/graphics, colour, masthead and more. These are all dependant on the genre and targeted audience of a magazine, in this case a college/school magazine would feature language appropriate to it's reading audiences; teaching staff. For example the High school magazine "Secondary Teachers" main image on the cover is sometimes something like a pupil sat at a desk working, which the readers can identify since it's extremely related to their career. When it comes to designing and producing my college magazine front cover, I will have to take into account the genre of my magazine, when it comes to choices concerning the language of my front cover.

Institution - Usually the Institution for a college/school magazine is the college/school who publishes the magazine, also the institution could be the government, for example the school magazines "Primary Teachers" and "Secondary Teachers" insitiution is the "children, school and families" department of the government. The instiution on a front cover is usually shown through a logo of some sorts or a title feautred on the front cover.

Ideology - The ideas, beliefs/values and agenda behind the magazine and it's producers. For a college/school magazine the ideology behind it is concerning education and students. When it comes to producing the cover of a college magazine I will have to think about the ideology, which is education and students, behind my magazine, since this will have an effect on my content and stylistic choices.

Audience - When it comes to producing or analysing a text you must always decide who it is intended for, because if your producing a text you'll be able to include relevant language that interests the audience your targeting at. And when you analyse a text, you'll be able to see why specific language is included in a text by the producer, due to you knowing it's aimed at a certain chosen audience. When it comes to the task of producing a college magazine cover, I will have to consider and identify my audience, so I can make stylistic and content choices that are appropriate to my audience.

Representation - All media texts reflect or represent reality, a good example is how social groups are represented through the media. Teenagers are generally shown as anti-social, bullies and negative on society. When it comes to my preliminary task of producing the cover of a college magazine, I will represent students as generally hardworking and in a positive light.