A-level Print component research

    Welcome to another week of blog postings for my A-level portfolio project! In this post, I'll be reflecting and discussing some research I have done involving my print component. Since I am doing the documentary package, I will be doing a two page magazine article. The overall purpose of demonstrating mastery in the print component is to show marketing skills toward upcoming productions. Before I start researching magazine articles, let's go over popular conventions that are normally used in magazine article. 

    Magazine articles include: 

• pages numbers 
• title of publication 
• Two columns Maximum 
• White background ( Mainly because it is more cost efficient) 

    The first magazine article I researched from the website Ms. This website highlights many topics that are trending currently. Some of these topics include news and opinion, politics culture, women, Democracy, and many more. Specifically, I decided to take a peek at the Latin American posts. These posts talk about some of historic values that society appreciates today as well as fun facts (Poska & Delgado-Poust, 2026).

    What intrigued me is they have a section specifically evaluating the Bad Bunny halftime show and the message behind it (Jacques & Hobson, 2026). It talks about culture representation, and statistics that show how many people watched the halftime show (Jacques & Hobson, 2026). Shockingly, close to 130 million views (Jacques & Hobson, 2026)!! This magazine article, then ties back to the current political state of the United States and how his Super Bowl performance brought people together and created unity (Jacques & Hobson, 2026).I really like this magazine article because it touches on several different aspects of his performance and of Latin American culture which is something that I want to do within my documentary. 

Here's a sneak peak into the article: 

(Garcés-Vila, 2024)

    The next magazine article I researched is from magazine article Latinx pop Magazine. This magazine article strictly focuses exclusively on all aspects of Latin culture. The publication first starts off by exploring pop culture roots by highlighting superstar’s such as Carlos Santana and Rita Moreno who created opportunities for the Latino community (Team Latinx Pop Mag, 2025).

    It then talks about the growth of Latin pop culture in music. Which I thought was the perfect section to research since my documentary is highlighting music, pop culture and dance (Team Latinx Pop Mag, 2025).The article also mentions the impact on fashion and lifestyle as well as representation and TV and film production (Team Latinx Pop Mag, 2025). I also really like this magazine article because it specifically focuses on only Latin American culture within society and I’m definitely going to take some inspiration from this magazine article (Team Latinx Pop Mag, 2025).

(Team Latinx Pop Mag, 2025).

                                                                    REFERENCES 

    Team Latinx Pop Mag. (2025, April 11). Exploring the influence of Latinx pop culture today. Latinx Pop Mag. https://www.latinxpopmag.com/post/exploring-the-influence-of-latinx-pop-culture-today

    Poska, A. M., & Delgado-Poust, A. (2026, March 9). ‘This is our country too!’: The enduring legacy of Spanish-speaking women in early America. Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2026/03/09/spanish-speaking-women-early-america-history/ 

    Jacques, S., & Hobson, J. (2026, February 12). Who’s American? Whose America? Bad Bunny’s radical halftime message. Ms. Magazine. https://msmagazine.com/2026/02/12/bad-bunny-super-bowl-halftime-show-puerto-rico/