Q2. How does your media product represent a particular social group? Victoria Weller

The magazine is aimed towards young

indie rock music lovers, this is shown from

the bands I have included in the

magazine, from my audience research I

found out about what where the most

popular indie rock artists and included

them within the magazine. For example

Miles Kane, The 1975 and The Killers

The model on the front cover shows

the indie fashion style, the vintage

style plaid shirt is very popular in

fashion within indie rock music lovers.

The models facial expression shows

her attitude and that she s very

relaxed and chilled which most indie

people are, therefore the audience

can relate to the artist easily.

Furthermore all artists featured on

the front cover are all indie rock artists

and bands, which the indie social

group would listen to.

Lastly the colour scheme of the front

cover represent the indie rock social

group because from my audience

questionnaire I found that these were

the most popular colour associated

with the indie rock genre.

The content page is filled with lots of text about the artists showing the social groups love for music.

Within my content page I used informal language, this represent the indie rock social group as they are very laid back and also use and informal language.

The layout of my content page is similar to other indie rock magazines like NME and Q magazine, these magazines are read by many indie rock lovers, and they are also very popular indie rock magazines.

For my double spread article I interviewed a local

popular indie rock band, this represents the

genre as the three boys in the band are also very

big into indie music and are a part of the indie

rock social group therefore the audience will find

it easier to relate to the band and will find the

interview more interesting as they may have

similar goals for the future and the same interest

in bands and artists.