CCR Draft 1

Creative Critical Reflection Draft #1 
How does your product use or challenge conventions? 
My magazine challenges conventions of traditional magazines because each issue has its own set up, fonts, and style. While the name of the magazine and content is the same, the page set up, fonts, and over style are all different. Traditional magazines have the house style for every issue. Some magazine I have researched, such as Taste of Homes, have a different cover page, table of contents, and font style of every magazine. My partner and I decided that by making each magazine different, viewers would have something new to look at each week.
How does it represent social groups or issues?
Taste of Home includes articles for people of all social backgrounds. Articles that they have published include "Our Family's Favorite Grace", "Recipes for Diabetics", as well as "Feed Your Family for 99 cents a Plate." By including these articles, Taste of Home ensures that a wider range of people will be able to relate to their magazine. Since they make all of their profits from subscriptions, it is important that they try to reach as big of an audience as they can.

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