How does your product use or challenge conventions?
My product uses the conventions of a fashion magazine by incorporating many of the conventional aspects of a magazine cover into its own cover. For example, the masthead is made easy to read from a distance by being bold and large, and the subject of the cover (in this case a picture of my friend) blocks the masthead slightly, however it is still readable. Similarly, my magazine places attention grabbing headlines around the aforementioned subject in a further attempt to draw in readers, which is a conventional practice in the magazine world. Another fashion magazine convention my magazine uses is sticking to a color pallet consisting of just a few colors, which match the outfit of the subject. I wouldn’t say my magazine challenges too many conventions, although the color pallet of my cover and table of contents completely differ, in order to match the subject’s outfit on each respective page, which I don’t recall seeing on any other fashion magazines. I also believe the layout/design of my table of contents is quite unconventional, as it is a design I made without any pre-existing templates. How does your product represent social groups or issues? My product represents a social group, in this case young adults/teenagers, by featuring articles and language that appeal to them. For example, in the table of contents one of the featured articles is “Insight: An interview with a fashion forward teen”, which appeals to young adults/teenagers by incorporating the thoughts and opinions of a fellow young adult/teenager. I also attempted to appeal to this social group by using slang/language commonly used by them. For example, I utilized words like “fresh” or “hottest” in the article titles to describe fashion. My product represents a social issue by incorporating articles that also touch on the Coronavirus pandemic (one of the most important issues in recent years), which comes in the form of the article “Face masks, and staying fashionable during the pandemic.”
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