Reflection Point : What Have I Learned About Magazine Contents Pages?

A contents page in  a magazine is a list, usually found at the start of a magazine, that outlines what is included inside the edition. While researching and analyzing many contents pages, I have discovered many similarities and differences between each magazine. 

Each edition of magazine's contents pages all included  numbers next to each content plug of what is within the magazine. This is so that readers are easily able to fund the features they are most wanting to read, with out having to look through out and potentially miss their wanted section. further, each of the magazine contents pages that I looked at follow the generic conventions by including main images, masthead, cover lines and color. This creates a sense of familiarity for the readers and enables them to understand easily what the contents page is used for as it is seen on almost every magazine. 

In conclusion the main use of contents pages are to further engage and entice people to buy the edition of a magazine. Audiences can be easily persuaded due to the contents pages including the magazine's best stories and subjects, along with pictures, whether they are of famous brands or celebrities, or even upcoming people and events, people will further engage and become more likely to buy an edition.