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2) How does your media product represent particular

social groups?

Eloise Clark

+ Typical stereotypes of teenagers

associated with rock music:

The music genre of my magazine is rock.

Which has a dominant representation of teenagers, who

listen to that music, often associated with violence, drugs,

troublesome behaviour etc.

I have tried to use my photography carefully to avoid

portraying this sort of label on the readers of my magazine.

I want my magazine to represent rock music and teenagers

as two subjects that can complement each other.

+ My representation of teenagers:Looking at my magazine and another rock magazine, there is a

difference.

My image is a close up

of my artists face. In

this magazine they are

selling it through the

use of the women’s

bodies

The facial expressions

on the women on this

cover are much more

aggressive than my

model

The outfits in the other

magazine are all black

and skin tight, using

sex to sell the

magazine.

+ Class representation:

My magazine is predominantly aimed at the middle class.

This is represented in my main artist and the article on the double

page spread.

The writing is not particularly of high standard like you would find

in The Guardian but it is written along the lines of other rock

magazines such as Kerrang!

The way I have dressed my models also shows that my magazine is

for the popular market.

The images on my contents page show that it is a magazine for the

middle class. I styled my models specifically to represent the

popular market.

Make-up designed

in a more rock but

everyday fashion.

Not representing a

sexual image often

associated with

rock.

Clothes are casual but

suitable for the genre.

Nothing particularly

fancy but nothing

scruffy either

No images representing

typical “rock behaviour”

stereotypes. All clean

and enjoyable

photography.

+ Race and Sexuality

I have not set out a particular target for these social groups as

I have no problem with who reads my magazine.

Although my magazine is dominantly representing the white

middle class but it is here for anyone for read.

I have not tried to shape my magazine to represent a

particular sexuality, my models are heterosexual but that

does not mean my magazine is not open for anyone else to

read it.

This is a social group I did not put too much thought into as I

did not want a controversial magazine.