Conventions, Concepts and Connotations of a magazine

                                                     

Conventions + Concepts of a Magazine

Conventions

Main Image
Plug
Sell Lines
Bar code
Date
Price
Skyline
Footer + Header
Masthead
Cover lines      

Concepts

L anguage - Conventions to give messages          to the audience.
I nstitution - Organisation responsible for production + distribution of media text.
I deology - Set of beliefs / attitudes / values held by a certain group.
A udience - Groups targeted by the producer to consume text
R epresentation - Where media construct versions of people and places and events.

Connotation - The meanings we infer from what we see in front of us. (The "hidden" meaning)

Denotation -  This is what you see in front of you, what is shown on the page or the screen.

Conventions - Expected and predictable signs that we read and that create expectations in the audience.