2. What different areas of society are
represented in your magazine?
• My magazine represents the younger lower-middle class portion
of society. The two models on my front cover are both male
young adults, both dressed respectably, with the model on the
left wearing a scarf, connoting implications of style and a more
middle class choice of clothing. This gives off the impression I
want from my magazine, given it’s £4 price tag, it is safe to
assume that it is primarily the middle class purchasing my
magazine.
• My magazine also explores the idea of featuring more rugged
characters to suit the genre of indie rock traditionally being
produced from basics. Presenting one of my models in a denim
jacket smoking demonstrates the reckless nature of not only the
youth, but indie rock and how it can appeal to many people,
contrasting the middle class, more indie model on my cover, with
a more working class, denim jacket wearing individual.
3. Do you represent a subculture?
• My magazine would target primarily hipsters and more indie
groups, as well as what is primarily considered an average
middle class young adult. Targeting and featuring these people
is a popular market, as they often find the time to be
interested in these magazines as well as take a keen interest in
this genre of music. Representing people like them would
make my magazine more engaging to this particular subculture of youth. Dressing my models in a similar way to what
would be expected of this particular sub-culture makes it
more engaging to my primary audience.
4. Do you deal with issues of race, gender,
ethnicity, age, social class, disability?
• I deal with the issue of ethnicity by featuring a variety of ethnic
origins to demonstrate that my magazine can appeal to anyone and
is non-discriminatory. This also adds diversity to my magazine and
makes it more engaging and accessible to more groups of people.
• My magazine is primarily male dominated, this is down to the fact
that my featured band in question consisted of men, as seen in
many popular bands similar to my genre of music such as the Arctic
Monkeys and The Smiths.
• My magazine features people from different social backgrounds,
with my models sporting a range of outfits, varying from
traditionally middle class pea coats, to more working class denim
jackets. This helps my magazine appeal to more people from
different social backgrounds, but still making sure that I stay in touch
with my target audience of the lower middle class.
