Q2 teenagers

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How does your media product represent particular social groups? Question 2

Transcript of Q2 teenagers

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Question 2

Age My magazine is mainly aimed at older teenagers in the 16-19 age bracket as that age group that are growing up. The normal image of teenagers is that they are lazy, disrespectful and generally don’t care, so I chose images which look determined and on the front cover could be see as angry which can represent the age group and the way that age group can feel and that drive to do well and improve. I think I’ve represented the age group well as the images on the contents page and the double page spread look professional. The clothes that are worn also add to the indie image and they reflect the way that the majority of that age group actually dresses and adds to the double page article. The models used in the images also help to attract that age group as they are in it which makes them, to a reader, feel the same.

I feel like I have challenged some of the indie stereotypes compared to some of the images of established bands the often look quite arrogant and self obsessed whereas I have tried to portray a determined unsatisfied drive to the images used to counter and be different from the stereotype of indie rock stars. There are also social media links on the contents page to future show what age group is going to buy this magazine as if the target audience was 45-50 it wouldn’t be as necessary. As well I have included festival information and a competition which is aimed at an older teenage audience as that is the main age group that attend festivals so would be useful to put in the magazine.

The primary gender was male and the secondary audience was female I have stuck with this with all my models being male, as stereotypical image of indie bands is men, including the three different magazines I researched, also it is more difficult to find female models to fit the image of indie rock. The clothes they are wearing also reflects the gender as it is masculine and sticks to the normal ideology, which suits the genre of music so fits together well. Another stereotype of men is that they are dominant and aggressive and the front cover image could be seen as a quite aggressive confident stance which conforms to the stereotype which men have and that he is the controlling person and it pushes the idea that he is the one with power looking at the reader while I think it still manages to portray men in a positive way as in the other images it looks quite serious and determined and this is backed up in the quote on the middle of the article, while also the way in which he is posing suggests to the read a “no nonsense” attitude

It also conforms to the conventions as in the article all of the people I said the band look up to, they are all men which in the indie genre is generally dominated with men so if people are buying my magazine are expecting to find males in the image, as well as trying to show men as hard-working which is another stereotype associated with men. With the target audience of being males it seems correct to have men as the band.

It challenges the stereotypes of men as these aren’t people who are working in an industry as they didn’t want to normal and also the idea that men are lazy has also been challenged as in the article it points out how busy they are and the images show them working hard in the studio.

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