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Evaluation Question 2: How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?

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https://youtu.be/dAr20ELi2bk


Transcript

Hello. My name is Kelly Lopez, and I will be answering compulsory question two. The question is “How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?” My product is focused on upcoming artists in the hip hop industry, specifically young women from underrepresented communities. So, a majority of the audience that takes interest in upcoming artists and the latest hip-hop hits tends to range from teenagers to young adults between ages 14 through 25 usually. Of course, people of all ages can read the magazine during their leisure time. I think the attention that my magazine gives to minorities and women in rap, in specific, will attract other women who intend to support the inclusivity promoted through my product. So, I think that also - there's you know older hip hop fans, and they tend to remain loyal to the hip hop artists from their time so I think that there may be less people from their demographic interested in my product, but it may still appeal to them since it is still about rap and it might be something that they will still take interest on. So, my cover page is designed in a way that's attention grabbing for regular audiences beyond hip-hop fanatics so it's not just for people who like hip hop. I think that the color scheme throughout and its aesthetics will expand the demographics that my product will captivate because it's just more than regular hip hop magazine. As a real media text, I would make my magazine accessible in print and online as well 'cause I think that would allow for a greater audience reach. I would have it available in bookstores, and local stores, and primary and secondary schools, universities, and gas stations for people to just be able to grab them. The online version would be available on the following platforms being Amazon, eBay, Barnes and Noble, and then the magazine website which would be www.voices.com and iBook as well. Given that the magazine will be available through many different platforms, I think that its distribution would be more convenient and practical.

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