Contents pages were hard to find online for textual analysis, as magazine producers want the audience to buy the product to create a profit, rather than exposing stories within the magazines for free online where they earn no profit. However, the codes and conventions of contents pages include:
How do producers use digital convergence & cross media convergence to link their products?
In their products, producers will reference different media platforms to appeal to multi-media users of the audience. On the magazine producers will insert the link to the website, to create a direct bridge between the two products and clearly show they are part of a brand.
On the website, there will often be links to social media pages, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube for the audience to discover more about the brand and engage in topical discussions with other readers. They may reference a podcast, video, link, poll etc. which can only be accessed from the website, encouraging the audience to go on the website to find out about what the producers are referencing. Media producers also use a consistent colour palette and house style across all products to show the strong sense of brand identity. Making sure all the products relate to each other and show a similar house style makes the brand identity much stronger and the audience are likely to make a strong link between the two products as it is memorable, so are likely to not forget it.
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