CODES AND CONVENTIONS OF RADIO TIMES ARTICLE – ZESHAN SAJID

Stand First – to give Use of stand first

background information of the To give
70% Pictures : 20% Text Ratio.
article before they read it. information about
Important for our target audience which
Important if haven’t read about article as well a
are young and prefer looking a pictures
a certain genre or person before. photos listed
rather than looking a long boring piece of beside it.
texts. Important if have
famous people in
your documentary.
VECTO PAGE RECTO PAGE

Page Number & Information

related to which radio times
magazine it is. Important for Use of pull quotes in order to entice the
reader to identify which radio target audience to carry on reading the
Use of graphics.
times magazine it is too see if article. Especially 16-24 year olds who
Significant with
they have read it before or not. would want to read about their famous
16-24 year olds
idols of famous shows.
because like
aspects of
magazine which
Use of drops caps. The large
Use of fact file. To find out interesting are “cool” &
“P” draws the reader more “Fresh” also stand
information about the genre of the
into article and makes them article or famous people. Useful for 16- out and capture
want to carry on reading. 24 year olds there attention.