This document discusses the conventions and codes used on magazine front covers, including the masthead, cover lines, images, plugs, puffs, straplines, typeface, and barcode. It aims to teach readers to understand how magazine covers use these visual and written elements to attract their target audience and entice readers. Readers are assigned homework to analyze a magazine cover of their choice using these concepts.

1. Magazines
Conventions of a Cover

2. Learning Objective
• To demonstrate understanding of
magazine front cover codes and
conventions.

3. Media Language
• Codes
• Conventions
• Written
• Visual

4. Front Covers
Puff Plugs
Mast head
Strapline Cover Line
Bar Code
Price
Feature article
photograoh
Plugs
Main Cover Line

7. Key Conventions
• Mast Head
• Main image / Other images
• Cover Lines
• Plugs
• Puffs
• Strapline
• Typeface / Point Sizes
• Barcode

8. Learning Objective
• To demonstrate understanding of
magazine front cover codes and
conventions.
• Annotate your front cover with an
explanation of the Codes and Conventions

9. Homework – On blogs
• Find a magazine front cover –
electronically or scan your own!
• Write an analysis of your front cover using
the key codes and conventions.
– Who is the target audience? How do you
know?
– What WRITTEN and VERBAL language is
there?
– Outline the codes and conventions and how
they entice the reader