How does your media product represent particular social groups?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My products represent teens in an economic class of A, B, C1. A few ways in which I achieved this are including a double page spread article containing how a superstar dresses at high street stores and prices, this is relevant to young adults as it allows them to achieve the look of a star without having to spend unrealistic money on items of clothing or make-up products. During the process of audience research, I found out this is something that 17+ year old females would be interested in and would be appreciated.

The photos used on all 3 products are females posed; this is representing my target audience as concerned about beauty and facial elements. This conforms to the idea of females being highly influenced by the media, especially magazine photo shoots. This says a lot about how young girls at the age of 15-30 care deeply about their appearance and see celebrities as the correct way to look.

The language I used on my music magazine front cover included rhetorical questions and a lot of adjectives, describing mainly the female musician’s appearance. A few examples of these are ‘super hot superstar’ and ‘how lucky are we?!’. This again represents my target audience as concerned about appearance. Also, girls and gay males are stereotypically known for over-complimenting each other, the language on my front cover suggests this. The rhetorical question sets a tone to my magazine; it is a chatty tone which is also another stereotypical trait of my target audience. I also included a rhetorical question to welcome readers and not make the product seem in any way obnoxious.

The same adjectives are used on my contents page. Also, on the contents page, lots of questions and statements are included to receive the reader’s attention and make them want to read the articles. Examples of this are ‘KE$HA, is this the end for the glittery singer?’ and ‘RIHANNA exclusives on Chris Brown, it ain’t nobodies business’. This represents females and gay males as gossip lovers, which is stereotypically known.

The language used on my double page spread is different to the other products. I adapted a language to suit the star ‘Lisa Ora’ who I invented. This language included words such as ‘sick’ and ‘man’. This type of language is stereotypically associated with chavs or people from London, because the star is from London I thought the words would be appropriate. The image and graphics also conform to this representation with the clothing and pose.

The colours I put on to my products consisted of a lot of pink, this represents my target audience as girly and feminine, which is the stereotype for females and gay males.  However, on the double page spread, the colours consist of purple, turquoise and black, this is to represent the singer who is not as feminine as others, as being different. The colours were also chosen to match the colour of her clothing in the shot.
Topics that wouldn't be discussed in my music magazine are politics, law and order and more adult subjects. These wouldn't be as an interest to my target audience so it would be pointless and a waste of money to include those topics.