Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Age representationBy using teenage girls within the images, it will attract my target

audience of both female and males. This is because the male audience will be attracted to the red lipstick which the model on the front cover is wearing. This is a stereotypical view of teenage males

as it is suggesting they only look at the females looks rather than their personality. There is a strong representation of teenagers as

the features within my magazine are all associated with activities or artists that teenagers associate with. For example, I have used ‘the parklife weekender’ which will attract most of the target audience

as it is a well known event which mainly teenagers go to.

Gender RepresentationThrough-out my magazine there is a strong representation of females as there are

no images of males. The representation of women in my magazine is a positive one as in each of my images she is doing nothing outrageous which is a stereotypical

view of teenage women in the music industry.

For example, on my contents page, this supports my point in saying that there is a strong female representation of

females in my magazine. I have done this because I want it to attract more to the female target audience as they

could look at the images and aspire to be like them which will make them read the magazine. My magazine shows a stereotypical view of the music industry as throughout the music industry there is a strong representation of females

as there is more females then males. This is shown through music magazine covers as most magazines use

female models on their cover pages.

Social ClassThe social class which is represented in my magazine is working class. This is because,

within my images, both models used were of working class and are successful.