Evaluation Question #2How Does Your Media Product

Represent Particular Social Groups?

Representation in the media is the description or portrayal of someone or something in a particular way. Not many social groups have been portrayed across this magazine. On the front of the magazine there are two brothers in their late teens, dressed in slacked off comfy clothes like any other typical teenager would. The whole genre reflects them being rebellious and reflects that they are simply doing their own thing.

On the contents page, the ‘DEC14’ is written in a font which has a skyline at the bottom. Similarly, the article on the double page spread mentions the lead band travelling around on local transport, and also the secondary photos on the DPS are taken outside, this reflects any teen social group which older people might argue are ‘causing havoc on the streets’.

There is little class representation within this magazine, it isn’t an elite magazine it is for people who are purely in for the music as appose to ‘looking good’. I am following conventions by using models that are white in my front cover. It is unlikely to have a block rock star as it is to have a white rapper (Eminem breaks this convention). As punk is a sub genre from rock I have followed on from that convention and therefore used white models.

The colour scheme that I used, is not dominantly stereotypically for girls as what may be used in a pop magazines (pinks and pastels) but more generic colours such as green blue and red which are not gendered. Black and white also remain neutral.