AICE Media Studies Blog

When reviewing my magazine after my third quarter submission I had some final touches to change before uploading my final submission. I needed to fix it so that there was no hyphenated words on my cover or table of contents as well as adding some branding on the bottom of my article pages. 

I changed the cover to a less busy photo. It was very hard to read the sub headings advertising other articles in my magazine. My peers suggested the same pose with the model little more to one side of the screen and place her in front of a plain wall, I utilized their suggestions. Next I  redid my table of contents to a beaker centralized on the page with the titles coming off the markings on the beaker. It was suggested by my peers to do the same glassware that was used on my cover photo to keep a theme throughout my magazine, I utilized their suggestions. Finally I rearranged my two page spread so that it is more appealing to the eye. I got rid of the picture outlines, straighten up the columns and change the font.

     I integrated a few different technologies while working on this project. I used: blogger, publisher, Google and a variety of social media pages. Using blogger, I was able to log what I had worked on every step of the project. From which project I wanted to choose to what social group I was targeting to examples of the final product. I used Google to do research on what type of magazine I want to do, the design of my magazine, the publication of my magazine, and the distribution of my magazine. Utilizing google to search examples of other magazines truly opened my eyes up to the world of print and just how much work goes into it. I now have a better understanding of the business and what to do with my magazine. I also used many social media platforms to view their design and techniques for advertising. I viewed Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and saw the way that they did article sneak peaks and their sales on subscriptions.   Lastly, I used publisher to crea...

      When starting my magazine, I had not ever used publisher. After playing around with the program a little bit I figured out what to do. I utilized YouTube to understand the program and basic functions that I would need to edit my magazine. First, I added my pictures in my magazine, however when I blew up the cover picture it had became blurry. I played with the editing features, quality and resolution to fix the cover image. Then knowing how to create a full background picture without creating a blurry mess, I added my table of contents photo and article photos. Then I added my article into publisher. On my two-page spread, each page has a text box and each with two columns. Once I submitted my magazine as my midterm I noticed on the large screen that the space between the columns were not even on both pages, page one had a smaller space between comparted to page two. I tried to use one textbox for the two pages however that did work. Then I tried to then create ...

My magazine would engage with readers anywhere from 16 years old to 80 years old. Because my magazine is an academic journal it will most likely appeal to those who are interested in the academic field and its new achievements. Younger classrooms would use my magazine in class to work research the newest innovations of the scientific field.  While on a break between classes college students will be reading my magazine to bring new insight to the research they are conducting. Professors who run their own lab will be reading Future Scientist to help recruit students to continue their research in their lab. However, 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 believe that grandparents who have worked in the science field will read this magazine and be proud of the next generation and the hard work and advancements they are making. When thinking of how I would li...

  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 ...

National Geographic prints their magazine monthly. It is $19 for a yearly print magazine, $12 for a digital yearly subscription or $19 for both a digital and print. Using this pricing, there is an incentive to sign up for the digital and print subscription.Once starting to look around their website this pops up: by filling out this survey National Geographic is then able to increase their rating and prices for their advertisements. When looking up the difference between the print and online subscription this is what National Geographic published " Magazine subscribers (Print, Digital, Print Plus) who have an account on nationalgeographic.com can access premium online content – including unlimited articles, the full magazine archive, exclusive ebooks, and streaming films."