Research and Planning, Task Two (1)

Glossary Of Terminology Associated With Magazine Design

Texts - A media product
Niche - A situation/activity specially suited to a person's interest
Target Audience - A specific group of readers which the magazine is aimed at
Codes & Conventions - A set of rules that forms expectations as to the content of the magazine
Masthead - The title of the magazine
Signifier - An object
Signified - Concept/ idea arrived through the signifier
Sign - Made up by the signifier and signified
Denotation - The surface or literal meaning encoded to a signifier
Connotation - Represents the signified
Semiotics - The reading and understanding of signs
Cultural Psyche - This is what makes up your identity
Plugs - Information about the contents of a magazine or newspaper given on the front cover
Puffs - Words or phrases on the cover of a magazine used to boost status
Left Third - A lot of important information design placed in the left-hand side of the front cover to attract potential readers as they pull out the magazine from a horizontal shelving system

Research and Planning, Task One

Getting To Know Blogger

After creating my blogger account as the first task of my AS media coursework, I will now blog the first part of my research and planning.

Things you can do with blogger

• There are so many different things I can do with Blogger, I am able to post different forms of media such as texts, links, images and videos from Youtube by embedding them in a post.
• Blogger's simple to use interface allows anyone to publish their voice easily and free of charge. 
• I can customize my blog according to my style through modifying the background, changing the text colours and even the font. 
• What's even better is that Blogger offers CSS and HTML which are very useful when I want to completely change the template of my blog.

How I think Blogger will be useful for my coursework

• Blogger is easy to use and I can access to my blog at home and in college, which allows me to blog anytime, anywhere. 
• I can upload images onto Blogger through different platforms which is very useful as I will be uploading many screenshots to show my work in progress. 
• I will be able to keep track of my research and planning easily by simply going back to the previous post. 
• Blogger automatically saves my work so it will prevent from any potential lost.
• As mentioned earlier I can customize my blog, which I can then make it visually appealing too. 

Below are some examples of the types of media I can upload/embed onto Blogger:

Click here to learn to create a blog on Blogger