Right, my rehearch into the codes and conventions of magazine covers and contents pages is complete. I now understand how magazine publishers target their magazine to a certain group of people and how they make the covers appealing to the public.

Front covers generally have the following features:

• A masthead,
• A dateline,
• A main image,
• A model credit,
• A coverline,
• A main coverline,
• Cover lines,
• And a selling line.

Contents pages generally have these following features:

• A clear title,
• Well set out, clear information containing page numbers or bullet points,
• A perview of the main story.