Research and Planning:College Magazine Analysis

I know that this is a college magazine as the Masthead is 'College' which obviously states that this magazine is for a college, or college students. Another reason that i can tell that the magazine is a college magazine is because of the publication line as this states "college park edition" which is referencing the fact that is about colleges. The cover lines are all connected to college life which again shows that it is a college magazine and not one about films or books. One final way in which i know that it is a college magazine is the central image which is a woman who looks like she is in college, again reinforcing the idea that it is a college magazine. Also the layout and colours of it does show that it is for educated and intelligent people by the fact that they don't use bright colours and shapes to lure in its audience rather has a more professional approach to its front cover, using a 3 colour rule with the colours red, blue and black. since the the central image contains 2 of the 3 colours. the background is blurred to avoid drawing focus to the central image, who is staring into the camera to address the audience. of which i believe that the age of the target audience would be about 17 - 24 I think. I believe this because of the cover line "Avoid sleeping your way to the top" in which i would have thought wouldn't be such a cover line to be  targeting anyone younger.