Creative Critical Reflection Draft 1

1. How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups?

My product uses many of the conventions in the sports magazine genre. One convention I used was the font of my magazine. Sports magazines typically use big, bold fonts. My magazine used fonts that are big and bold, especially on the cover and table of contents. Using these fonts are beneficial to my magazine because it makes the words easy to read and it allows it to fit in with the other sports magazines. Another convention my magazine used was the type of pictures. The pictures used in sports magazines are typically either action shots or pictures of an athlete posing with some type of sports gear. Both of these types of shots are utilized in my magazine. Another convention that was used in my magazine is branding. Typically, magazines of any genre will put their website or a social media account at the top or bottom of each page in the magazine. My magazine has my website at the top of each page.
My project represents the social group of swimmers. From personal experience, I am aware that many swimmers, including me, feel under-represented when it comes to anything sports-related. Swimming often gets little recognition, and many people do not understand it. I think my magazine would be most significant to someone who truly understands this sport.