The research strategies used in my project:

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OBSERVE
What different types of magazine formats are there?
Where and how is each format available?

COLLECT
Different magazine formats
Visual examples of different magazine formats
Quotes/literature about magazine formats

ANALYSE
The visual characteristics of each format
Theory written about formats

COMPARE
Characteristics of formats identified in analysis
Similarities and differences in formats

NOTICE PATTERNS
Of why certain characteristics apply to some formats and not to others

Interviews and questionnaires

‘Equations’ for making each format
e.g. content + scissors + tape + photocopier = zine

PMI for my process of making format
PMI for my outcome
PMI by reader of format