How does your media product represent particular social groups?

In my text it is mainly aimed at the younger generation, even though I did aim to have it general age. I feel that in the text, I have represented the younger generation positively. I would have to say that this magazine would probably not attract 'grebs', metal fans etc. because that music is much louder. Artists such as Slipnot would be appropriate for 'grebs'. This is not to say that 'Grebs' and anyone else can not read the magazine, it just gives a overview at who may like and who may not. Even though I feel that younger generation (teenagers) were represented positively, it was unintentional. I know that when I portray people in a certain way without meaning to is a unintentional signifier. Luckily my preferred reading for them to be portrayed positively.

Different social groups:

Some of these may not be in UK; I chose these because the magazine could be distributed internationally.

• Jocks
• populars
• Geeks
• Grebs
• Rich
• Poor

Even though Rich and poor may not be a social group name; many people stick to people who have money; likewise for the poorer people. These are just a few; the ones above are mainly teenage years, this is because as you get older I don't think there are 'clicks' like the ones in school. I just feel that a lot of people concentrate on money. I mean to be honest, who would go and hang about with a homeless person? I don't think people mean it as discrimination but it is not the up bringing that many people have to be around, even though they could be very kind people. This is why I produced this magazine, I want people to be able to have a common interest, whether they have a difference in what they dress or hang out with.

My magazine is aimed at a audience of many ages, I feel now looking back at the magazine, it was very 'girly'. the artists were girls. If a girl picked up a magazine then I feel that they would be more likely to buy it then a male. On the other hand, some Male's like to have women on the front of the magazine; most of the time, I would say that the female on he front attracts many different people. Overall the magazine cover does seem to have it positives and negatives. Also the colours of the magazine are plain and dark, this means that it attracts the different gender.


I tried to add difficult articles such as 'what would you do without music'. This may not seem like the most exciting article ever but it can attract people by seeing others opinions. There would have also been a chance to write in and express their own opinion. I feel this is good because then it makes the magazine seem much more personal than others. For the layout of the double page spread I decided to keep it simple and stick to a simple column; this could be represented as boring. I wanted to keep it nice and simple and concentrate on the image and text. I am happy with the layout overall, just a few slight changes would have been made.

I wanted to use colours of the magazine that would attract both genders. For my magazine cover the main colours are black, grey and white. These are all neutral colours, so they should attract both male and female. The same for the contents page there is brown. one of the brown is light; this could uncover a problem because it could come across to soft and 'girly'. For the DPS, I think I made a a mistake in the colours. the colours are a lot lighter and have a hint of pink. I feel that this is a no no when trying to attract both genders. Although if I did want to attract just women, I feel that the colours would be appropriate for this magazine.