Representations in Rock Magazines

The chain prop connotes aggression and violence and is associated with masculinity.

The sunglasses represent the artists to be mysterious and unknown. It also connote shyness.

The cover story ‘sex, drugs and violence’ immediately suggests that rock is a violent genre and represents the white, male artists to be violent and fun loving.

The cover line ‘life is loud’ suggests that the artists who are aged around 32+ are typically fun loving and daredevils. It also includes only male artists so suggests that only males are like this.

The artists maintain emotionless and stern poses which connotes that males are typically aggressive or violent.

The use of bold sans-serif fonts stand out and suggest a more masculine audience.

The main artist has a tattoo sleeves which suggests that tattoos are popular.

The use of a baseball bat prop signifies violence and aggression which also suggest that the male gender are specifically violent.

The main artist is leaning forward with the chain prop he is holding which suggest that he is trying to create interaction or a fight.

There is no particular use of lighting which could suggest an unbalance or the unknown. This connotes that the male genre are stereotypically strange or different.

The image is a wide close up of the artists which shows their facial expressions to be slightly mischievous which could suggest that males are stereotypically fun loving.

The use of a halo made out of thorns connotes aggression and violence which suggests that white males are particularly dangerous.

The use of bold fonts with a cracked affect connotes mayhem or anarchy which is stereotypical for the genre.

The colour black suggests fear and death which suggests that this is more common in white males aged around 20-30 as they feature on the front cover.

The use of predominantly white artists on the front cover suggests that they are stereotypically aggressive and violent.

There is little use of female artists which suggests that the rock genre is dominated by males and a male only genre.

The use of mainly red, black and white suggests violence and terror which is stereotypically a masculine feature.

The language used such as ‘bullet’ suggests masculinity and violence.

Representations in Rock Magazines

The overall lighting of the magazine is dark which is created through the artists appearance and costume this signifies the unknown and mysery.