What Is A Contents Page?

A contents page is vital part in every magazine, this is because it is an informative page to guide the reader to each section and give a summary of what is contained in the magazine. It is important for the contents page to be clear and readable as well as being eye catching and interesting as this is one of the first parts of the inner magazine that the reader will see.

Below area couple of rough designs that I created of what I believe is a good contents page, along with a few catchy headlines…

 

When creating my contents page I want to keep it simple yet eye catching as I want the reader to be able to easily navigate the magazine due to the informative contents page, this further highlights the importance of this page in a magazine. Along with the contents page I would also like to add in an editorial, as I think this is and interestingly little additive that really makes this page more interesting.

A contents page should include the following…

  • page numbers
  • catchy headlines
  • information bites
  • images
  • descriptions

When creating my contents page I must keep in mind Blumer and Katz

  • Educate (inform)
  • Personal Identity
  • Social Interaction
  • Entertainment

and AIDA

  • Attract
  • Interest
  • Create Desire
  • Call to action

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