Textual analysis of magazines
- 1. TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF MAGAZINES 1. Taste of Home 2. Food Network 3. Bon Appetite
- 2. TASTE OF HOME Taste of Home is America's number 1 cooking magazine and your number 1 recipe resource for delicious, family-favorite dishes! Puff Masthead Main photoTag line Main cover line Cover lines Strip
- 3. FOOD NETWORK Food Network Magazine is a monthly food entertainment magazine based on the latter's popular television network Food Network. Masthead Cover lines Barcode Cover photo Strip Tag line Puff
- 4. BON APPETITE Bon Appétit is an American food and entertaining magazine published monthly Masthead Puff Strip Barcode Cover lines Cover photo Buzz words Main cover line
- 5. MASTHEAD It is the title/logo/trademark of a magazine, in one or two words. It fills the width of the cover or top left corner.
- 6. TAGLINE It is under the masthead. It gives the magazine description or issue highlights.
- 7. COVER PHOTO Also known as the main photo or anchor photo. It features the main article. The photo is a medium close up shot and represents the genre of the magazine.
- 8. PUG AND PUFF It gives us a promotional offer, or an eye catching graphic to advertise what else can we found in the magazine. It looks more like a sticker stuck. Usually round and around the inside of the cover.
- 9. COVER LINES These are the lines of text on the front cover designed to attract the audience.
- 10. MAIN COVER LINES The largest text on the cover after the title and anchors the meaning of the image. It is usually referred as the sub-line.
- 11. BUZZWORDS Usually with the main feature article for example “exclusive”, “free” and “plus”
- 12. BARCODE/PRICE It is on the bottom right or top right side of the magazine. Sometimes it may be the date/month of edition, price, website, and issue number
- 13. STRIP It contains a list of items featured in a magazine. Sometimes diagonally in the corner.