Comparing institutions

The most evident similarity between NME and Q magazine would be the colour scheme used, both magazines use a colour scheme that mainly consists of black white and red but the main difference between the magazines is that NME has an informal layout whereas Q magazine has a formal layout. As a result this makes the magazines not look like each other although the same colour scheme is used.

Both magazines use well known celebrities where neither magazine have a set genre so each artist used on the front covers would not be from the same genre each week the magazine is published. 

Both magazines include the main codes and conventions in their magazines, which makes them successful, they both have a distinguished name and logo for their magazine as well as including a large main image of the artist, main story line, cover stories and flash news. These are used in order to show what is inside the magazine to get the reader to buy the magazine to read the articles.