Creative Critical Reflection Question 2

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

My product includes a featured, two page science article that focuses on the current issue of desalination, or removing salt from water. Also, it includes a table of contents with a list of other articles that would potentially be in the magazine, if ever actually produced in reality. This product will engage kids, students, and even teachers as they read and discuss in their classes. The more interested the students are in the articles/product, the more there will be to talk about and discuss. My product also engages with audiences as I have included "Letters to the Editor" as one of the pieces in the table of contents. Letters to the Editor is meant to be an interactive method to write with my readers, answer any questions, and receive feedback on the product. I believe if I am interacting with readers, I can help promote their interest and thus generate continuous revenue on the magazine edition. This way, the audience is engaged with their peers and teachers regarding the product, along with myself.

As a real media text, this product would be distributed to science teachers in schools. The school would be charged a subscription fee of $5.99 per student, similar to that of Upfront Magazine by The New York Times. Also, a digital form would be available to subscribing teachers that they could access in the classroom. Younger students also find technology interesting and are beginning to use such devices on a daily basis. Then, the teachers can provide their students with the pdf version for use on devices such as a tablet. The school would pay a recurring fee for each issue, which would appear in the school's hands approximately every three months. This aspect of distributing is important due to the rapidly increasing role that technology is playing in journalism and in society. Therefore, providing a technological source is essential. As for advertising the magazine, the plan would be to set up a social media account, preferably Twitter, which would have updates and informational posts on Teen Scientists and its magazines. Since many people use social media today, this would be a great way to advertise the magazine. The ultimate goal would be upgrading this to a full-blown website, including all the magazine issues that Teen Scientists have produced. A website would be highly beneficial as it would aid in advertising for the magazine due to the fact that today's generation is constantly discovering companies, ideas, and events on the Internet.