College Magazine Analysis

Campus Life Magazine
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Bounce Magazine
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Latins University Magazine

All the magazines have similar cover images as they all contain one main image which was photographed as a medium close up. However, all of the magazines have different colour schemes, such as 'Campus life' is saturated, 'Bounce' is brightly coloured and perhaps connotes to being in a club and 'Latins university' looks more natural but the white background makes her stand out.

I would prefer to read 'Campus life' as it looks more sophisticated and less trivial compared to the other two. The cover model has been placed on a desaturated background creating a powerful image.

The target audience for this magazine would be young men attending a college or university who are most likely to be aspirers or achievers as they are attending university, and are also therefore most likely to come from a well off background and so are more likely to be middle class.

The model on the magazine looks like an intellectual person, as well as being fashionable with his checked shirt, which as it is red, stands out as the only bit of bright colour on the magazine cover.

The language on the magazine is modern and would appeal to the younger population, particularly the age range of 16 - 19.