When figuring out how to make my product engage with audiences, it was crucial for me to see it from the consumer perspective. I pretended as if I was seeing my magazine on a rack for the first time, and what about it caught my attention. I noticed that the vibrant colors on the cover initially caught my eye, as well as what the cover lines said/what the articles were going to be about. When skimming through the magazine, I saw that there were more vibrant colors in the photos, and the layouts were pleasing. To be certain I was not just taking my own opinion as my reassurance for engaging audiences in my product was by asking peers or family members their opinion as well. For the most part, they stated the same things, and that they would be interested in reading my fashion magazine.
Considering there is a darker-skinned model being on the cover and a lighter-skinned model on my article pages, a representation of different social groups is present. Most magazines do not embrace many differences or different styles, and decide to stick to what is more prevailing within other magazines of the same genre. My magazine on the other hand, embraces these differences with the clothing and style of my model featured on the cover and table of contents. An inference can be made by the reader that my magazine may include a variety of different styles that would not typically be seen in other magazines. This would attract the attention and engage those audiences who particularly are not interested or do not relate to ordinary fashion magazines.
My magazine gives off multiple different emotions with the photos of my models. To start, the pose of my model on the cover gives off a feeling of directness and seriousness since she is posing with a straight face looking directly at the camera. My table of contents photo feels more relaxed and comfortable with the models pose, although, the colorful background with different shapes resembles a more thrilling and live feeling. When they are put together with my relaxed model standing in front of the colorful wall, it resembles a sense of being comfortable with differences surrounding you. The photo speaks more than words can when analyzing it, although when the reader skims over it, it registers in their mind in a similar way. This also represents the idea of my magazine representing differences.
My magazine is directed mainly towards teens (13-19). Being a teen myself, I have an idea of what my peers would find interesting or attractive. For example, I can recognize certain topics that should not be featured in my magazine because they are far too controversial or negative, as well as the topics that should be because they are positive or beneficial to my target audience. My product would be distributed as a real media text by utilizing the internet, and I would also aim to still have issues available in print. The internet has grown larger over the years, and a majority of the people that use it are teens, who are my target audience. Social media platforms such as Snapchat or Instagram allow businesses to sponsor themselves when scrolling through peers' posts. Snapchat specifically, allows users to make a subscription to magazines on the application itself. This would be my primary source to distribute my product, and attempt to do something similar utilizing Instagram. For printed magazines, I would simply use the old-fashioned way of having them available in book stores, grocery stores, or restaurants where teens would typically hang around.
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