Evaluation: Question 2

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Evaluation: Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

The photographs represent men and woman as un-stereotypical because the girl on my front cover seems to be un-“girly” and the male on the front cover has make-up on. They are representing the different genders as being different and going against social convention which is what my target audience enjoy seeing. Their body language represents the idea that they are proud to be different and enjoy wearing darker clothing.  The female’s hair is straightened and dark which represents the rock genre. Their facial expressions are plain which attracts the readers because they look like they are strong emotionally which some wish they could be. This is because teenagers are emotional and almost respect people that can control their emotions well. My front page photograph represents young people as “cool”, un-caring and rebellious. This is because they have a rebellious style and that goes against social convention. My double page spread photographs represent older people as still “cool” and making the same kind of music as younger people. This gives a positive message to my target audience. The genre of my magazine is represented by the style of the people of the front cover but also by the instruments that the band is using on my double page spread. Also, the colour (black, red and white) and the style of text represent rock as they have a jagged and anarchic look to them. I have equated people who listen to Rock music as people who where darker clothing by showing some of my target audience in photographs but at the same time showing other people wearing other types of clothing. This says that my genre doesn’t have a specific style but if it did it would be people wearing darker clothing. There are no people represented in my magazine who are just interested in mainstream music as my genre has a wider, more eclectic range to its music tastes.  There aren’t any genres in the magazine that don’t represent a kind of rock. All in all, my media product represents rock social groups as a wide range of eclectic and different people. But also says that there isn’t a certain stereotype to the genre.