When It comes to science magazines, researching their conventions may be hard, considering how many people actually enjoy the topic, considered to, well, sports for example. This was considerably hard when I was researching the conventions of that genre of magazines, so I have decided to make some of my own observations.
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1: Mastheads
So I looked at the magazine cover and tried to see what was one of the most evident similarities between all three of these; All these mastheads are pretty eye-catching.
As we can see here, the font of the masthead is pretty bulky and bold and can cause your eyes to drift there. The typeface of the masthead can also be a contributing factor to how people see the masthead before anything else. This unusual-looking typeface has itself viewed by people mostly by the factors listed but is not limited to them. In the next cover, [2], the masthead is underlined, and in [3], there is also a special typeface, which may keep the reader awestruck in a way
2: Main Image
There should be no doubt in a person's mind as to UFOs being, to say the minimum, eye-catching. In picture [1] the UFO matches so clearly with the background of the cover, that it looks awe-striking, causing many to probably look inside and see why it's on the cover. For science, having images like this can be really helpful, especially if the reader/viewer isn't too fond of the topic.
3: Coverlines
Coverings in science magazines are one of the most important parts because readers want to know what is inside. Because of these reasons coverlines are very visible and tend to be at the bottom m of the page so that readers can read their way to the lowest part of the page. Most science magazines have the coverlines near the main picture, and in all three of our examples, they are near the Main big photo. This shows that most coverlines in science magazines are usually near main images.
4:Sell lines
In all of the magazines we had, the sell lines have a major impact on if the reader will more likely want to read it or not. For example, in this one, the magazine has a question to the audience asking something that a reader may find the answer to inside, and will ponder on it for the time being. It can give a better sense of understanding to the readers of what this magazine is about and more about its specific genre.
These are just a few of many other ways that science conventions are expressed through magazines.
Sources:
Melanie Heinlein Luke C. Gandolfo et al., Long Chi Nguyen Dongbo Yang et al., Takahiro Miki Joonho Lee et al., Youngbin Tchoe Andrew M. Bourhis et al., Alessandro Acquisti Laura Brandimarte et al., Josep Peñuelas Jordi Sardans et al., Serena Spudich Avindra Nath et al., Marcia Bécu Christian F. Doeller et al., Newman, L., & Markus Morgenstern Mark Goerbig et al. (n.d.). Science. AAAS. Retrieved January 23, 2022, from https://www.science.org/
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