Week 1-Research

In the first week as I said I was going to do research on teenage/student magazines. I have done a bit of this in lesson time and will research some more online.

The magazine I was given to study was called "E.C.T" (Education. Training. Careers.). When I first had a look at the cover I didn't notice the little heading, just the part saying "ETC". To be honest I thought the name was made to suggest there's a point to everything but sometimes it take too long to explain so its to take a short cut. The cover has various colourful cartoon characters, the main subject of this weeks issue was on alcohol.
The main topic/title was sentenced 'Alcohol' the font is merged very well into the background and was the only part (apart from the background) that wasn't colourful. I felt the reason they did this was because they know what the target audience are like and want to warn them about the danger of drinking, but it uses comical characters to make it seem fun and not nagging.
Another reason I think the magazine has little cartoon characters on the front page is because if you use images of the target audience (Teenagers) in a drunk state, then people will get the wrong impression and think its all related to drinking and where all the best local.