How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
My product engages with the audience by portraying a desirable activity in this case, traveling, and how to see the most without spending the most. Using visual attention grabbers on the cover page it invites the readers to explore this magazine and all the information that lies within. With colorful pictures and bright texts, it emphasizes the information this magazine contains making it easy to read. My magazine is created to portray a relaxing/adventurous lifestyle that is accessible to anyone. It is targeted towards families or middle-aged people that enjoy traveling and discovering new places. For example, it gives great ideas where people could go to in the summer, their free time, and even local places that don’t require a lot of money. Another, way I could engage the audience is by posting it on a wide variety of social media platforms in the form of advertisement or even bits of articles featured within the magazine. Overall, intriguing a wide audience and enticing them to purchase the magazine.
My media product could be produced in various ways. The first one would be through print and have them distributed in airports, rest stops, and grocery stores. My magazine deals with traveling so it is more aimed towards middle-aged audience. To target this social group placing these in airports would be effective because it’s where people who like to travel and travel frequently can be found. In addition, the seatbacks of airplanes would be another great place to showcase this particular magazine. Another way of distributing this magazine to the masses is through digital media. The cover includes the logos for the various social media platforms as well as a QR code where you can find the articles within our magazine. A large percentage of people use these applications in daily life and even a larger percentage within are middle-age target audience. Overall, maximizing the number of people and platforms this magazine can reach.