1. How does your media productHow does your media product represent particular social groups?represent particular social groups?

2. Age The main audience of my magazine was teens/young adults. My magazine represented teens as stereotypically laid back and taking things easily. I aimed for my magazine to represent this age range this way because of the people I interviewed and researched who like the indie/rock music, those of which were extremely casual and individual. Therefore if my magazine represented teenagers in this way then it would encourage the audience to purchase it as they can connect with and aspire to be like those featured in the magazine. These were the 2 kerrang and Q magazine readers I interviewed, as you can see they both have casual and individual style. Similar to those I featured in my magazine. 3. Gender The models I used for my magazine were all female. This is because of many reasons including: 100% of the people who answered my questionnaire were female. My magazine is based on indie/rock music and individuality, which stereotypically is more of a female thing, this is because females are more fashion orientated than men are. Therefore females are more likely to purchase a magazine just to read about a style icon of theirs. I wanted my magazine to ignore and break past the common male gaze and therefore I chose to use females in my photographs having fun, looking natural and not being sexualized. Edited and perfected image to fit the male gaze. Heavily edited unlike my images. 4. Stereotypes When people think of rock music or rock bands, stereotypically you think of males. Majority of rock icons are male. Rock gigs or festivals stereotypically consist of big burly males, rather than innocent dainty females. I wanted my magazine to break past this stereotype, and to get all the rock chick girls noticed and accepted. Doing this will show the equality of males and females. If males can throw each other round a mosh pit why cant girls too? The Jam is the one magazine that represents the girls that don't mind messing up their hair and make up to have a bit of fun. Stereotypical rock band Hayley Williams, lead singer of famous rock band paramore and icon of Seren from my reader profile. 5. Appearance Most music magazines have an theme of sex appeal and can be provocative Like this front cover of Q magazine which has an attractive topless woman, which is to try and entice readers (males by attracting them and females by giving them an icon) However I wanted my magazine to entice viewers purely with its contents and because people are genuinely interested, not just for a picture of someone they find attractive. I chose for the clothing of my female models to not be revealing or particularly feminine, therefore my magazine represents the more masculine aspects of women. This is also why the questions asked in the interviews weren't about appearance or what products the bands members use. They brought out answers that let the viewers learn more about the personality of the interviewees rather than their appearance. 6. Appearance Most music magazines have an theme of sex appeal and can be provocative Like this front cover of Q magazine which has an attractive topless woman, which is to try and entice readers (males by attracting them and females by giving them an icon) However I wanted my magazine to entice viewers purely with its contents and because people are genuinely interested, not just for a picture of someone they find attractive. I chose for the clothing of my female models to not be revealing or particularly feminine, therefore my magazine represents the more masculine aspects of women. This is also why the questions asked in the interviews weren't about appearance or what products the bands members use. They brought out answers that let the viewers learn more about the personality of the interviewees rather than their appearance.