Representation.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I decided that my age group wouldn't be very specific as this magazine would be for anyone; Male or female. Although it wouldn't be suitable for people over the age of 13 as there would normally be swearing in it if it were i full magazine. it was the same with the colours, i wanted them to attract everyone. Although i have a female artist on the front i made sure that other mixed or male bands were featured on the as a cover line so it attracts males too. i used the table below help with the social class.

As the bands that are featured in it are mainly listened to by older people, not really teenagers. i thought the suitable social class would be between B, C1, C2 and D. Because in this industry the music tends to be out for a longer period of time compared to the pop music or Indi. This table helped me a lot because it gave me something to aim towards too. It gave me ideas for the artists that I would feature on the front cover, DPS or the contents page. In the end I chose someone who was quite young but I put forward that she sang songs that sounded a lot like pink who has been around for a long time and teenagers or older normally listen to her more than others.

I used alternative rock as my genre to focus on so I wanted to show festivals on the page so I was promoting Leeds, Glastonbury. As well as having people featuring with that, the artist I had on the front cover was wearing a Leeds festival bracelet, to show that she may be going or has previously gone before. On the front cover I only had one competition chance and it was to win an elbow album, and the fact elbow are quite a well-known but old band I think people would jump and the chance to win it. I also chose to put that the magazine had won in 2012; I think it represents the magazine well and shows that it’s well-read and even that it is presented by MTV boosts it up even more.