QUESTION 2 How does your media product present particular social groups?

The social group that my media product presents the most, is teenage girls that are interested in pop/mainstream music. I found that in magazines pictures of young aspiring artists are often used as well as boybands and young male singers. In my magazine I used my images to present this social group, by having images of girls on the front cover, contents and double page spread.

I used some images of boys to represent the male artists, as this would appeal to girls as well as girls that are similar to them. I didn’t use any pictures of boybands, because l wanted my magazine to be more about singular artists and this enables the audience as aspire towards them as well as to idolise them. In the pop genre there is typically attractive people within the magazine, so l featured attractive people-however l also made sure that these people were realistic. So they weren’t photo shopped, changed they were very much natural and this is something that l was determine to do in my magazine in order to release the ideology that all teenagers should look perfect and resemble models all the time.

My media product also represents the social group of white females living in the western culture. This is because my magazine would be published in America, the UK, and several parts of Europe. So some of the content in my magazine is to appeal to them, such as the bands and artists featured- one direction and Ariana Grande. This representation however, is only stereotypical and of course can be diverse to work in other countries that enjoy pop music. Also, l would make my magazine racially diverse as its something l wanted to do, but the models available to me at my college are all white. This is because we live in a area of England where white is the dominating race.

My magazine presents the social group of young girls since l have used a feminine colour palate to connote freshness and youthfulness. Also I’ve used a mode of address that they’d be able to relate to and understand. It’s easy for me to make it relatable because l am in the age range that my target audience is therefore the language used is one which I’m certain teenage girls frequently use. I have used references to things such as twitter and Instagram, as girls are frequently known for this however its something that boys use too so doesn’t necessarily present girls alone. I have used bands such as 5 Seconds of Summer, to appeal to them as they are a band that are highly liked by young girls so its easy to present them through their mainstream music taste. But I have refined this to specific bands and artists that are appealed to my age range specifically.