2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Gender

Here are some of the photos I have used in my magazine. For my magazine I have used all female models as I feel as though females are more likely to buy my magazine and they are the main audience for this specific magazine. Women are portrayed in a specific way (Laura Mulvey) I have tried to reflect this in my images in my magazine. Women are seen to always be wearing dresses, lots of make up, having long hair etc. These are all presented in the images of the women I have taken. Some of the images have been taken with there hands on there hips or down by there side, and are looking strait towards the camera, this is seen as being a provocative female stance and is a way many females are represented in a lot of music magazines.

In some of my images the model has a guitar as a prop in the soot with her, this is showing people reading the magazine that young people are able to write there own songs and play there own instruments, gibing some readers things to aspire to be like.

Age

The ages of the models that have been photographed are from 16 – 19, this reflects the main age group which will be purchasing the magazine and also who will buying the singles in the charts. This is also the age range as the readers of the magazine can look up and aspire to be a young star like the artists in the magazine.

All of the girls in the photos portray the stereotype of the young female as some are wearing a dress, skirts, jackets, trousers, leggings, this variety ensures all types of readers are aimed at and feel as though there style has been incorporated into the articles.

All of the models in the articles are wearing fashionable clothing, this alows the reders to look up to them in there fasition sence but also to promote brand names within the maazine and formote other aspectes, e.g asecorys, games, tablets and many other things that can be possible just from spesific colthing.

Class

Social class is defined by the persons occupation or job, for the age group that my magazine will be aimed at this will be by the jobs of there parents. My artists have been styled to link to this class

A lot of the girls in my magazine are wearing lots of make up, dressed in posh and expensive looking clothes and have there hair styles, this suggests that they have enough money to be able to buy good quality clothes and expensive makeup and hair products. All of my images have been taken in a rather posh/sophisticated

My magazine comes out monthly and is only £2.99, due to this price both working, middle and upper class can afford my magazine.

Ethnicity

In my magazine there are only white, British artists are represented in my magazine. This is because the genres in my magazine, pop and indie artists they are generally associated to be white-British and those that are in the charts, this ‘stereotype’ has been reflected in the images I have chosen and originally taken. It also appeals to the majority of citizens in the UK, because white-British is the majority group in society.

Also, because the product has been made in the City Of York, the area is predominantly white, so these sort of people have been represented and have become the audience for the magazine.