Practical Investigation

Investigation Questions

1.TECHNIQUE(s)

- Publication design. e.g. magazines and newspapers
- Traditional printing methods?

2.CONTENT

- content of my choice that allows me to fully convey my hypothesis.

3.COMMUNICATION / MESSAGE

- Print and digital media working as a hybrid

3.RESEARCH / ANALYSIS

- Explore how magazines nowadays survive in such a predominantly digital age.
- Look for how print and digital medias have been combined previously. Successful? why or why   not
- Look at apps that already exist. e.g. newspaper / magazine apps. Have they taken over the         print publication?

4.EXPLORATION / EVALUATION

- Different ways in which both methods and medias can be combined
- interactive print / images coming to life

5.TESTING

- Produce a few examples of how the concept can come together

Questions

- What is your research question?

Discuss the role of print media in the digital age

- Do you have a hypothesis?

Print media has to work in hybrid with digital media in order to survive and have a future.

- Contexts of my research

Previous magazines are seeing a downfall in reader numbers. This is due to the accessibility of information online. A lot of magazines are now turning to websites and smartphone apps as an alternative, leaving behind the production of printed publications.

- Sources of primary/Secondary research

- Online: magazine websites, blogs
- existing printed magazines that survive the shelves

- How will your practical work answer the research question

Whats the best solution for combining print and digital media so they can both survive and thrive along side one another as apposed to digital taking over completely.

- What methods of research, development, creative and test work

- Traditional print methods...
  - Printing Press
  - Screen Printing

- Editorial Design

- Smartphone Application design