Contents Page Textual Analysis 03

[Image scanned in, taken from the August 2008 Issue #112 of Rock Sound Magazine]

This contents page is the second half of the one I analysed in the previous post. As shown by the small headline in white text on the black box, this half of the contents page will show the 'regular' features of the magazine, unlike the previous one.

• This part of the contents pages is a lot more reminiscent of the conventional contents pages we are used to seeing. There are features such as a letter from the editor, in-depth information about the institution (such as the location and staffing credits,) images presented in a more conventional way (several smaller ones) and even a page-numbered article list.

• The 3 images related to articles (and not the one of the editor,) do not, however, have small sub-headings. This is probably because they want to intrigue the reader by only showing them the pictures. The pictures are all quite odd (with the poses of the models and the props, such as the blood in the picture,) so the reader will be interested to know more about the, and therefore more likely to read the article.

• The pictures still, however, have their respective page numbers, and these correspond with page numbers in the contents list, so the reader can, if they want to, find out more about the magazine content.

• There is a letter from the editor which will interest the audienceas they will surely be interested on the views and opinions of the peopel who maek the magazine. It also aows the instituional side of the magazine (behind the scenes) to relate to the audience more as they can obzerve and see similarities between their views/opinions and those of the editors.