Representation in Rock Magazines

By Daryl Teague

Examples of Representation

This artist is represented as an attractive but rebellious young man who is stereotypically white, he is conventional of the rock genre due to the mise-en-scene, he is not wearing a t shirt which will help appeal to the female target audience, he is also showing tattoos which represents him as intimidating. This look helps the artist fit into the rock genre as it is a concept of the rock genre which helps appeal to the target audience. His body language also shows that he is intimidating as he seems defensive and angry due to his facial expression as he is pulling a straight face which portrays aggression which is typical of rock magazines. The man is also quite young which represents him as more rebellious and helps him fit into the genre more and portrays him in a youth way which makes him seem more intimidating. Also stereotypically masculine.

This pull quote represents the artist as a fighter and shows hat he is violent which helps him fit into the target audience, this pull quote makes the magazines seem more aggressive which makes it fit into the rock genre as aggression and violence is part of it. The pull quote is also stereotypically masculine which also carries out the aggression more effectively.

Examples of Representation

The pull quote by the image shows aggression and violence which helps the image fit into the rock image and can influence the reader to look at the article as they would be interested in finding out why he “ripped down a wall”, the pull quote represents the artist as aggressive and angry which can make him look intimidating.

The image also represents the artist as being aggressive due to him having tattoos and his body language, he is pulling a straight face which shows him as being aggressive and helps him appeal to the target audience as it fits into the rock genre.

Examples of Representation

The image represents the rock artist as being aggressive, his body language shows that he ready to fight which his hand positions which shows violence and helps fits into the rock genre as it is typical. He is also wearing dark clothing which shows mystery and aggression too which help appeal to the target audience. The artist is stereotypically white and attractive which fits in with the rock genre and help appeal to the target audience easier.

This pull quote represents aggression and violence as it is a angry threat which makes the artist seem intimidating and scary which would appeal to the target audience, due to it being related to violence which is related to the rock genre.

Examples of Representation

The font used represent aggression and stands out well due to the san serif font and how large it is, the font has contrasting colours which helps it stand out well, the font itself can represent aggression and violence due to the effects of the font which make it look like a run down wall or something similar, this helps carry out the aggressive tone which rock magazines do. It conveys a aggressive masculine look which represents violence and anger.

Examples of Representation

The font represents aggression as it is unclear and has conventional elements such as San serif font, it is large and stands out well to the audience. The pull quote “somebody's gonna get killed...” shows that it is violent and dangerous which would appeal to the target audience as it shows aggression which fits into the rock genre. This language is informal which also makes it appeal to the target audience. The contrasting colours allow the text to stand out easier which can represent aggression as the text is more “in your face” which appeals to the target audience.