QUESTION 2HOW DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT REPRESENT PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUPS?

The target audience for my magazine is both males and females aged between 16 and 23. This is a social group who may be studying in further education such as college or university and also those who are finished in further education and are in work. I am targeting my music magazine at those who enjoy alternative but popular music as well as attending gigs of artists, something which is common for both males and females of this age group. I represented this social group through the article, images and colour scheme of my magazine. I used a mixture of both candid and posed photos, with a mixture of solo artists and groups, male and female. The article of my magazine is fairly colloquial and easy to read, but still uses sophisticated language, catering to the range of ages within my target audience. The colour scheme of my magazine is red, black and white. These colours are gender neutral, not limiting the magazine to males or females.

MY COVERI believe my cover represents a rather glamorous social group, this is due to my choice of image and model. The picture is posed and the model is clearly not dressed casually, this represents a social group of women in particular in the industry and suggests they take great pride in their appearance. As the image is of a female, it suggests that the social group interested in this magazine could be mainly female readers. However, the artists I have included in my cover lines and my gender neutral colour scheme help to balance out the representation for both males and females interested in music. I have represented a fairly young social group through my choice of cover image as well as artists on the cover lines. The price of my magazine is also fairly reasonable for a monthly magazine, representing a social group of a working class or in the case of audience age, perhaps student status.

MY CONTENTS PAGE

My contents page for my magazine helps to represent a social group of young males or females that have a keen interest in music. I have done this through the use of my own images taken from concerts, artists varying in gender, including both bands and social artists. The artists I have included within my page references represent a social group of young people who are interested in new alternative, but popular music. The colour scheme throughout my magazine has remained red, black and white, continuing the gender neutral representation.

MY DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

My article focuses particularly on music rather than gossip, suggesting that the social group being represented are more concerned with the music news rather than tabloid style gossip. The image I have used fits in with the rest of the magazine, continuing the representation of a glamorous musician.