2. How does your media product represent particular social
groups?
2. Whos the social group? The social group for my magazine is
for both male and females of any ethnicity and from 16-25, although
because of images and certain wording of text in my magazine, there
is a biased towards females of white ethnicity. There is no social
class for my readers as my target audience starts from 16 years old
and from that age and onwards its very unlikely they have their own
social class. They therefore have the same social class of their
parents and are dependent on what class their parents are in.
Although, they are classed as aspirers. These type of people aspire
to be successful and important/popular when they are older and have
a career. On the next slides I will be comparing my magazines music
artist to another RnB magazines music artist.
3. Comparison between RAPUP RnB magazine and my magazine RIDDIM
I will be comparing Teyana Taylor from RapUp magazine and Taylor
from Riddim magazine.
4.
Firstly both group members are female and in the 16-25 category
as in real life Taylor, real name Soraya is 17 but in my magazine
she's older and around 19, and Teyana Taylor from RapUp is 21 so my
target audience is visible from both magazines.
The postures of both women are similar in the sense that theyre
both standing up at an angle to the camera so their left arm isn't
visible as its behind them because of the angle they're at, their
right arm is also up gesturing towards the camera/audience, their
right leg/knee is bent like their slouching and part of their
stomach/midriff is showing.
This posture shows attitude and girl power too.
Hand Midriff Leg angle Arm hidden
5.
Their facial expressions are the same too, their serious and
staring straight into the camera which keeps a line of focus and
makes the reader feel connected/involved to the magazine.
In addition to this, both women are wearing similar costumes
jeans and a t-shirt and big hooped earrings which show their laid
back attitude but also their unique style. Their hair is also
similar as both of them have big hair although obviously RapUps
group member has an afro.
Eye Contact
Big Hair
Hooped earrings
Tshirt and jeans
6.
Both of the women I have compared are aspirers.
They wear fashionable clothing and a lot of jewellery which
shows they want to be able to afford the finer things in life when
their older.
They are both posing and are in positions which are dominant
which shows that they care about their appearance and how they
look, as well as coming across as confident and self-assured.
7. Wording
As previously said, the wording in my magazine also shows what
type of person the magazine is for.
The wording, The future of RnB also emphasizes that the social
class of aspirers look towards the future. They are the
future.
8. Wording
Other wording which suggests that that target audience are
aspirers are on the contents page.
Exclusive, Battle and Upcoming have connotations of
determination. The aspirers will keep going till they get what they
want.
9. Wording
The wording in the interview on the double page spread also
suggests that the audience are aspirers.
Exploded onto the scene, Celebrate, Has it been hard, Stand up
for yourself and Role models are all questions or responses etc
that emphasize that the magazine is aimed at those who want to
achieve their full potential and reap the benefits.
10. Overall
In conclusion my media product represents a particular social
group of females of a white ethnicity around 16-25 years old who
are known as aspirers.
They want to be successful and important/popular, as well as
keeping up with having fashion and their appearance.