Survey

For this portion of my magazine, I am surveying students to see what types of styles they prefer such as the colors that stand out to them and to see what my audience is like such as the demographic and what motivates them to make a change.

1. My magazine will be a lifestyle and women empowerment magazine focusing on women's consumption and to redefine the idea of beauty and the concept of what a traditional women’s magazine is and should look like. Do you like the magazine concept? *
2. Should the content be fact-based or story-based? For the story-based example, I would be focusing more on interviews and other people's testimonies. * 
3. Do you practice self-care?  
4. Would you be interested in doing a simple social experiment and writing about your experience? This social experiment is to present to women a good habit to add to their daily self-care routines. The experiment includes looking in the mirror and saying "I love you, you are strong, & beautiful" every day to see the effect it has on their self-image.   
5. What emotions motivate you to make a change (fear, anger, etc.)? 
6. Do you struggle with your self-image? 
7. Which color stands out more to you?  
8. Would a female model catch your attention more than a group of females? 

 

Research on Sample Blog

 Today I went in and did an evaluation on a similar blog that was posted about women empowerment to see the process and the difficulties they went through. 

Genre Declaration

  State the genre of your OG magazine 

The genre of my first magazine was a pet magazine. 

Change to explain how you arrived at this decision 

I thought it would be too basic and something I would lose interest in later down the road. I then chose a female empowerment lifestyle magazine to encourage women to be confident and help them with everything it takes to be a woman. 

Explain why you chose to create a magazine in this genre. 

I chose this genre because I am a feminist and women empowerment is something I am very passionate about for years now I think I can bring a cool design and way of thinking to this lifestyle magazine. 

State which three magazines you will focus on as models for your magazine

-Fever Dream Magazine 

-Lotus Magazine 

-Cosmopolitan Magazine 

https://www.amydevitt.com/genre-colored-glasses/category/what-is-a-declaration

Considering Purpose

 

 what did you learn about the purpose of publications? 

Publications can also be regarded as an asset that enables authors to gain recognition and acknowledgment as experts in a particular field at the national and international levels.

A magazine is always a periodical publication which is printed in gloss-coated and matte paper or electronically published (sometimes referred to as an online magazine). Magazines are generally published on a regular schedule and contain a variety of content.

what are you thinking will be the purpose of your magazine?

My magazine will be a lifestyle and women empowerment magazine focusing on women's consumption and to redefine the idea of beauty and the concept of what a traditional women’s magazine is and should look like.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/magazine-publishing

Ethnic Groups

My ethnic group is most likely to be black African American, Hispanic, to white. Although my magazine is an all-inclusive magazine, any race and ethnic group can learn and be inspired by my magazine. 

As a result, my magazine is to combat stereotypes and promote more positive representations in the media. Even though this is very critical to do but I have hope I can accomplish this. 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/10/why-the-future-should-be-female-feature/

General Representation in the Media

 Representation is how media texts deal with and present gender, age, ethnicity, national and regional identity, social issues, and events to an audience. Media texts have the power to shape an audience’s knowledge and understanding of these important topics.

This makes them very powerful in terms of influencing ideas and attitudes. In order to analyze media texts to determine how they've represented ideas and issues, it's important to be familiar with some of the key terms.

Mediation

This is the process everything goes through before it reaches an audience. This can be how a film script is written and re-written before it makes it to production, how newspaper or magazine photographs are cropped and captioned, or how real-life events - like a protest or a speech by a politician - are portrayed in a news report.

Stereotypes

These are a simplified representation of a person, groups of people, or a place, through basic or obvious characteristics - which are often exaggerated.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9fx39q/revision/1

For example, Vicky Pollard from Little Britain is a stereotypical example of a working-class teenage girl. They can be used to describe characters quickly, relying on existing audience recognition. Stereotypes are dangerous as they can lead audiences to generalize about people or places.

Distribution

  what did you learn about distribution? 

the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.

Distribution is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it. This can be done directly by the producer or service provider or using indirect channels with distributors or intermediaries.

how are you currently considering distributing your magazine? 

by posting a blog it will be accessible for all to see. 

Distributing your digital magazine over a website is a great option if there are no resource constraints. Creating a complete blog for the magazine helps in reaping long-term benefits and gaining popularity in the magazine market. 

Beneficial for both publishers and readers, the magazine issues or articles can be easily uploaded, updated, and read by the readers. The audiences have

the freedom to access the magazines as and when desired using various browsers on phone or desktops. Every single piece of content has a designated page with lots of interactivity and scope of improved user engagement. Adding video and impressive images to gain, retain, and grow more audience is just a click away. It allows a better communication flow between the publisher and user in terms of comments and feedback.
https://www.magplus.com/blog/ways-to-distribute-your-digital-magazine/