How does your media product represent particular social groups?
As I have briefly mentioned the audience that my magazine would appeal to people who are interested in the music genre I have chosen. The genre I have chosen is Rock music. As I have mentioned before my target audience for my media project is males aged 14-24 and my gender seems to be popular with this type of music. The social group which is associated with rock magazines has specific styles like clothing, interests, behavior. People who are interested in rock are usually associated with heavy metal, screamo and black clothing but that isn’t necessarily the case.
I have incorporated these conventions and style to my magazine. My magazine challenges the conventions or regular magazines as I have not used big bold color but have stuck to a color scheme which as been black, white and red, colors which are traditionally masculine. However some women purchase the magazine because they have a strong attraction to the member on the cover which makes it more appealing to buy the magazine. They may also have an interest in that genre of music.
I think my magazine represents young males and young women (because you don’t have to be the target audience to be interested in a magazine) as a well rounded people who have similar interests, it shows you don’t have to go to extremes to like music in order to feel that you fit the stereotypical views on that social group. The band I have chosen are all male consequently they are most likely to become icons for other males.
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