Be able to extract information from written sources
- 1. Be able to extract information from written sources Use pages 24 – 26 to help you make notes 1.1 What Information am I looking for? Similar Products – Looking at similar products it will help me to get ideas for my own such as content and style for my format. Costing/ Budgeting – A budget is what the product is going to cost; I will need to break it down so that I know what I’m spending and what I’m getting. Legal and Ethical Constraints – Ethical means ensuring I am working within accepted social ‘norms’ and making sure rules and values are upheld. Constraints are the limits put on my product (what I can and cannot do) and I should take this into consideration all the time. Distribution/Commissioning – This is who is paying for me to make the product and where that product will ultimately be released to the public. I will have to consider who will buy it and how they will access it. 1.2 Where do I source relevant information? Books Internet Newspapers/Magazines/Journals T.V All sources of secondary research (information that has already been gathered by other people or organisations) to get the relevant information I need to make sure my product is right for my audience.
- 2. Primary Research – Is surveys, tally’s, interviews and questionnaires where you find out the information yourself at first hand and then produce these into reports. 1.3 How Do I Extract Relevant Information? Skim Reading – Is quickly skimming over the text to get the gist of it and then you deciding whether to read it in more detail if it’s relevant to you. Scanning – Searching through a text looking for specific key words or phrases and if you do then read on to get more information. Using an Index - The index allows you to find out where a topic is so you can go straight to the page. Using word and Phrase Search – These are electronic search methods; you can go onto Google and type the word in to find the relevant information and websites. Masthead or logo This must be distinctive, eye catching and relevant to the magazine genre. The logo needs to standout. Publication date This must show when the magazine is published, for example. Weekly, fortnightly, monthly or quarterly. A magazine is published on a certain date. Main image This usually relates to the main ‘features’ within the publication and again should catch the eye of the reader or target audience. The main image should be eye catching. Cover lines These are sections of the text that are
- 3. spread over the front page and again relate to the features and content of the magazine. Cover lines should relate to the features and content. Main cover line This should go alongside the main image and relate to the main ‘feature article’. Goes along main image. Bar code All magazines have a bar code that is scanned at the point of purchase; thought needs to go into its placement so that is do not interfere with the main features of the front cover. The bar code should not interfere with the front cover. selling line This is what will sell the magazine to the consumer. It needs to be punchy and give the reader a reason to pick it up the product and buy it. Consider it in the same terms as, say, a headline in a newspaper as summary of the content. Needs to be punchy like a headline on a newspaper. I found skimming and scanning more useful during this task. I think the information I have extracted is very relevant. I think I could edit down the information, which I have done in blue.