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I have made various revisions since my last quarter's submission.  I updated my cover photo to a picture of Kane Reyes.  This picture has better quality and is a better shot for a cover, as it is an action-shot and I feel that it would persuade a reader to want to open the magazine.  I also updated the text fonts and the layout of the captions on the cover to a more professionally aligned position.  On the other three pages, I changed the background layout to a solid color of white considering that it would be much more expensive to print these pages thousands of times for magazines.  My third revision was that I had added more to my title of contents making it look more realistic/professional and added another picture onto the page of Drew Warrington shooting a mid-range shot.  I feel that these pictures all support the basketball theme of the first few pages of my magazine.  I feel that I am progressing to make the intro to my magazine ...

4. How did you integrate technologies in this project? To create my magazine, I used the computer program PowerPoint to create my magazine and I used themes and fonts from PowerPoint to setup the layout of the magazine.  I also used a Canon camera to take pictures of the players so I was able to load them up on my computer and I was able to load them onto my magazine.  These features were key for me to create my magazine.

3. How did your production skills develop throughout this project?          My production skills have developed since I started this project because of how I learned about how to make my product appealing to customers and how to make my magazine look professional.  While working on this project I also learned new features on PowerPoint to help make my project more professional.  I also learned the importance of the steps of making magazines such as creating a Flat Plan. I have learned many things from working on this Project.

2. How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?      World of Sports Magazine engages with their audience by having an appealing cover that would make someone want to pick up the magazine.  Keyn Reyes is wearing a Sarasota High Basketball Jersey which has a well-known athletic program.  Because of this, someone would see the cover and want to pick up the magazine.  On the cover, there are also very hooking subheadings that would influence someone to pick up the magazine and read it.     If I were to publish the World of Sports magazine, I would distribute the magazine by selling them in concession stands, sporting events, put an advertisement in the school's newspaper, and also take them to nearby barber shops for people to read as they are waiting.  There are many places around Sarasota I would be able to sell them to customers.  I could also set up a website online so that p...

1.  How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?      My magazine is different from other sports magazines because The World of Sports is a magazine about high school athletics opposed to the many about college and professional sports.  However, I did use conventions for my magazine layout as I tried to make my cover similar to the Sports Illustrated Cover.  For example, Sports illustrated usually has a picture of a single athlete on the front and then subheadings on the side of the cover and also has the same basic title font.  I used these conventions because it makes my magazine look more professional.      World of Sports Magazine represented its social group of sports fans and athletes by giving the target audience a magazine with sport related contents.  The social group/audience for this magazine would be high school students and parents who are interested in local ...

The ESPN website displays various categories and sections.  The website lists the most popular sports in the U.S. and a few other categories.  At the top of the site, there are categories that list every sport, a watch option, a list option, and a fantasy option.  Above these categories, the site offers the stats of current or recent sports games.  After clicking on the Magazine section of the website, it asks automatically if you would like to sign up for a subscription as soon as you open the page.  On this page, it well tell you what is inside the magazine but, will not show you the content in the magazine.  Some of the features on this website that are not included on the magazines are the live stats, the watch category, the listen category, or the fantasy category.  In the magazines, there are also no categories for every sport allowing you to look at information or stats.  This site also allows you to buy tickets to games on it.  Becaus...

The Sports Illustrated website displays various categories and options.  The Sports Illustrated website has a category for nearly every sport giving information about each one.  Above the categories it lists all of the March Madness Scores (college basketball) both current and recently.  The site also lists videos, photos, podcasts, vault, and shop options for fans of the company.  To the left of the categories is a menu option which give even more categories for sports.  The menu selection also includes a subscription area to subscribe to the magazine.  On this website there are also many advertisements depicting that the company is making money from the site.  The digital edition of the site does allow a few features that the magazines do not include such as videos and the shop.  In the websites vault, anyone is capable of reading recent magazines online for free and can view the content of the pages by clicking the arrows pointing towards the n...

Distribution in the magazine industry is how the reader receives the magazine.  There are various ways that magazines are distributed to the audience.  The majority of magazines have a distribution process called a subscription.  The way they get people to sign up for a subscription is by putting a card in the magazine that you would fill out and send back to the company.  After the reader sends the card back and pays for the subscription, they magazine will send the new issue of the magazine every 1 month, 2 months, or 6 months.  Another process of distribution is putting the magazine in news stands.  This is a good way for a magazine company to attract readers who are shopping or getting their hair cut and is for people who don't want to pay for a subscription but want the magazine.  The third way magazines distribute their magazines are the online editions.  These editions usually require the website visitor to signup for a free trial before it...

ISSU magazine has many target audience similarities to mine.  The age range is the same for both magazines (high school students and their parents.)  This magazine did differentiate from mine because of how their magazine is focused on Football and my magazine is focused on all sports.  This would attract more high school football fans then athletes in general.  Both magazines do have similar audiences as they are both focused on the sports in the magazine's local city.  The target difference is different from mine because of how the ISSU magazine is focused more towards men (football fans) as my magazine is meant for all athletes (men and woman).  ISSU markets their magazine through the stores and dealerships that sponsor them and the internet.  ISSU accesses the internet by posting ads on social media and also internet sites.  They also sell this magazine in nearby convience stores and some gas stations.  This magazine used various persuasi...