Creative Critical Reflection Draft- How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

 My magazine does not necessarily represent social issues however, it can represent many social groups. I originally aimed this magazine towards future scientist only. But after working with it and researching other scientific magazines I would like to target college professors, college students, high school students, and anyone else interested in research. That way not only the younger generation of scientist such as middle and high school students would get to read about the exciting advancements that these young adults are preforming but college level students can take interest in the new science breakthroughs. I also believe that the professors in the research field would be interested in what the future generations are interested in and working on. So, while it is targeted more towards science professionals or students pursuing the medical field, all ages can enjoy seeing the advancements of the rising generation. I would want my grandparents to read this magazine and be proud of me and my generation, what we are working on and our ambition to make the world a better place. The conventions I used in my magazine were used by many science magazines that I had researched. The single photo cover was used by national geographic to not over whelm the audience but to truly gather their attention. I had my model pose with her hand on her hip while holding the round bottom flask. The purpose for posing this way was to create this power pose to show that not only is it a young person who made this accomplishment but a woman. I want to inspire those young females that are interested in the science field by showing them that this beautiful young woman has reached this unthinkable achievement. The cover is relatively plain, inspired by an issue of the Science Magazine that I researched. With only two other text boxes the focus stays focus on my model and her article. For my table of contents, I wanted a basic table of contents, not too busy, but with pictures and color. Therefore, I decided to use a picture of the round bottom flask that was in the cover photo to keep the central theme that matches my main article. In my magazine research I found that many multiple paged articles used a pull-out quote to emphasize something important. I therefore emphasized the definition of stem cells as my pull-out quote.