1//Research: Conventions

I first started with a mind map of the general conventions present in a magazine:

Media conventions are rules or agreed practices that relate to particular genres or styles of media productions. They are informed by past practices and developing audience experiences and expectations.

Media codes and conventions are like the building blocks of all the media around us. Media codes generally have an agreed meaning, or connotation, to their audience. There are three types of media codes, symbolic codes, technical codes and written codes. Conventions are

expected ways in which codes are organised in a product.