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GCSE Media Studies · key term
Text on a magazine cover that promotes a story or feature inside.
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Paper 1
Revise: Paper 1 Section A: questions on the Close Study Products[2 marks]’, an answer such as ‘Masthead; coverlines’ earns both marks. A masthead is the publication’s displayed title; coverlines promote its contents. Other recognisable conventions include the main image, price, publication date, barcode and puff, a promotional feature drawing attention to an attraction inside.
Component 1
For ‘state two conventions’, name two conventions, such as masthead and coverline. Giving only examples from a cover is not enough.
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Text on a magazine cover that introduces or promotes a story inside the magazine.
The magazine selected a story about returning to dating, promoted through the coverline “LOVE AFTER LOCKDOWN” and the subheading “The return of dating”. This shows a women’s lifestyle magazine adapting a familiar topic—romance—to its readers’ changed circumstances.
