School Magazine Evaluation

Our magazine front cover is very eye catching. This is because the colours we use are very bright, so it attracts the reader's eye. The brightest colour is the flame from the bunsen burner, and we enhanced it slightly to make it even more bright to the eye. The flame also gets across the message that the magazine is about science. The text also stands out from the background because it is placed on whitespace, therefore the reader can easily see it and can then read it easier. For the title we made it multi-coloured on a white background. The multi-colours stand out from the white so the reader will probably be attracted to the title first, which is good because they will learn what the magazine is about before they read any of the other text. For the text explaining featured articles we put a shadow behind it so it once again stands out from the background and the eye gets attracted to it. We used a blue background because a lot of backgrounds are either black and white

We want the reader to read on and get involved with our magazine. To achieve this we made the text interesting, for example 'Win £500 in todays issue'. This will make the reader on because most people will be interested in winning £500. We want the reader to be persuaded by our magazine by the use of text. The text does this as it engages the reader because it gets them involved with the magazine.

The text is also quite memorable because the reader will think that if you can win £500 in this issue, then you might be able to win more money or something different in another issue. This will make them come back the the magazine, and possibly read each issue. We also added 'Win a trip to science world' which is memorable because if they are reading a science magazine then it is the kind of prize the reader would like to win otherwise they wouldn't be reading a magazine about science. This will make the reader come back for more.

If we were to improve our magazine then we would compare it to other magazines to make sure it is not too boring, or just needs to be improved. We would also show pupils our front cover and ask if they would buy it and what improvements we could make to make it more appealing to their eyes.

School Magazine Front Cover

School Magazine Pictures

Preliminary task

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.

What is Media?

Web 2.0 is being used as an example of the World Wide Web developing. It is an example of second generation wed-based communities. Some examples are social networking sites, weblogs, wikis and podcasts.

Mediation
It is the process where a media text represents an idea, event or issue to us. It is a useful word because it suggests the way in which things undergo change in the process of being acted upon by the media.

Proliferation
It is the rise, increase or growth of something.

Saturation
It is the constant bombardment of media. This could be TV, radio magazines etc.

'The Media' refers to the various methods of communication such as TV, newspapers, internet etc.

Media products are shared. This means that they become part of our common culture. For instance, everyone has heard the phrase 'Phone a friend' even if they dont watch 'Who wants to be a millionaire'. This is because phrases such as these have become part of our daily vocabulary.

Media is very strictly regulated in countries such as Burma, China and Ethiopia. This is because the media is very powerful and can spread, especially over the internet. This means the government will want to control it, as people can spread and share their ideas.

Media convergence is where numerous platforms of media are coming together. One example is video, as it used to just be available on tape, but know you can watch it on the internet.

The media is important in today's society because we can gather a lot of information from it, such as what is happening in the world around us. The media is also spreading, so it is part of our lives as we use it all the time.