1. 1. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
2. 2. Target Audience My target audience are aged between 15-45 years old. There hobbies include various things from going to festivals to listening to the latest country music. I have included cover lines which are about the latest country music and the latest country music festivals to connect with my target audience. The target audience likes a variety of different artists which I have covered on my front cover and in my content page. The target audience have a mixture of income coming in, some have no income while others have a lot of income from their jobs. My audience said they wanted the magazine to be 2.00, which I have priced my magazine at.
3. 3. Target Audience The target audience has shown they buy magazines weekly or monthly depending on that individual. This shows that there income is not great but they can buy things to enjoy, like concert tickets or pay to keep their car running. I have used a main image and background on my front cover which is a representation of my target audience by having a young aspiring country artist on the front cover, this connects with the young audience because they want to be just like that artist, so they might be their role model. It connects with the older target audience because they might want to know about the new country music and artists. It appeals to males and females, male because the artist might be their idol that they look up to in country music. Females, because they will find the male on the front cover attractive and so they will more likely buy the magazine because of this. My background is of a country background, which connotes to my audience because it features a country sun set which emphasises to the audience that my magazine has something to do with the country.
4. 4. Target Audience My masthead is a representation of my target audience because of the convention of country magazines and uses the word 'country' in the title. The word country in the masthead highlights that its something to do about country. The second part of my masthead uses the word vibes which connotes to music because it means enjoy oneself by listening to music. It is an abbreviation of the word vibrations which relates to sound waves. If you put the two words together its connoting that country music is enjoyed by people listening to it. The masthead colour is green which helps connotes to the audience that its something to with country. The colour green is a neutral colour so it appeals to both males and female.
5. 5. Target Audience My media product appeals to my social group by having an online version where they can get the latest news about country music since they are wanting to know who is good and bad in country music. My media product also represents my social group because they can follow the magazine on the social networking sites they are on. There are social networking items in the content page that tell the audience what sites the magazine is on since they are always checking and keeping updated with the news in music.