Masthead- The name of the magazine is "College" which is placed at the head of the magazine cover.
Main Image - The model in the centre of the cover is the main image.
Sell lines - The writing which tells the reader about the articles included, on this cover they are placed down the sides of the cover an example is "She's 15 & Pregnant" and "Smoking Salvia" these sell lines advertise the magazine making the target audience want to read the magazine.
Price - The price of the magazine is located next to the barcode, the size of the price depends on how expensive the magazine is.
Barcode - The barcode allows the magazine to be scanned at the checkout, it is placed in the bottom right corner.
Anchorage text - The text which relates to the main image, which tells you what the main picture is about, on this cover it is placed in the top right hand corner "Nastia Liukin" on SMU's campus.
Slogan - These are the words that associate with the magazine in advertising, there is no significant slogan in this magazine cover but are usually placed under the masthead.
Skyline - The skyline usually gives information about offers and competitions included in the magazine, and is located at the top of the magazine, however this cover does not include a skyline.
Main image - Similarly as the magazine above the main image is placed in the middle of the magazine.
Sell lines - The sell lines on the magazine cover are placed all around the main image on both the right and left sides of the cover an example is "why we love blackberry" on the left and "College couture" on the right.
Price & Barcode - The price and barcode are usually placed in the bottom right corner but on this ,magazine the price and barcode is placed in the bottom left corner.
Anchorage text - The text that associates with the main image is "Jeffrey 'assassin' Campbell" - "Dancehall's bright future".
Skyline - The skyline for this cover, is "Your exclusive guide to everything hip, hot & happening" it is placed just above the masthead in the typical place for a Skyline to be placed.
Puff's - Gives information about content in the magazine, it is usually in the shape of a circle or a star, on this magazine cover there is a puff under the masthead that says "Splat, Let's go paintballing".
Slogan - A word that associates with the magazine's advertising is just under the masthead 'Lifestyle'.
Masthead - The masthead for this cover is "Sporting News College" the title fits well with purpose of the magazine as content of the magazine revolves around the news of the sport within the college.
Main image - The main image is of the two American footballers centred in the middle and the bottom right of the magazine, the footballers are two different angles with different strips this could indicate two rivals or even an home and away kit.
Sell lines - The writing which tells the reader about what is included in the article is for example "240 FBS & FCS previews" on the left hand side of the cover.
Price & Barcode - On this cover there is a barcode included but no price this could signify that that magazine could be a free college magazine written by students or the price could be located somewhere other than on the barcode but possibly on the inside of the cover or on the back page.
Anchorage text - The writing which relates to the main image is "Penn Station" as underneath it gives a brief description of the players in the main image and what is going to be included within the article.
Skyline - The skyline for this magazine is "Rosters-stats-schedules-bowl picks" this is placed at the top of the magazine above the masthead, this gives appeal to the audience of the magazine wanting to read the articles within.
Puff - The puff in this magazine is placed as a circle in the top right hand corner giving information about "recruiting reports".
