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How do they make sure potential readers know about them?
How can they find ways of funding their production that
work harmoniously with their brand identity? And how can
they best engage with the digital world? In 2015 this
assignment was recognised for its innovation and openness
to multiple literacies with the Sir Alistair Pilkington Award.
You will see over the pages that follow a selection of
some of the best, most interesting and inventive magazine
concepts submitted this year, along with excerpts from the
accompanying written work. One of the top-performing students,
Hannah Brooke, has also written about the creative process,
showing her progression towards the final magazine cover
that she produced, which was awarded a high first class grade.
Last year’s work was impressive, and the students taking
COMM337 this year have maintained those high standards.
You will also find, from page 30, examples of the work
submitted for the second assignment. In the latter part
of the semester, the module took magazines themselves as
objects for analysis, and introduced students to techniques
for analysing images and texts. We looked at the field of
magazine research and some of the most prominent analyses,
addressing gender and sexuality, race and representation.
In seminars students worked in groups to start to pick
apart articles and question the things we often take
for granted. Why this word? What does that picture do?
The class produced some extremely interesting analysis,
on a whole range of topics, and it is a real pleasure to be
able to highlight outstanding examples of this work here.
Dr Georgina Turner
Module leader

©Cover image retrieved from imgkid.com
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