This magazine targets young girls aged 7-15 from financially well-off families. This is represented through the use of a female cover model in a pink dress, as well as articles about fashion, makeup and pop stars. However, the magazine also aims to include other social groups by using various colors on the cover and images of different races throughout. It features stories meant to inspire and relate to the target audience.

1. How does
your media product
represent particular
social groups?

2. *My magazines target audience are young girls.
This is reflected in my magazine as I have used a
female model to be displayed on the front cover.
The front cover has various amounts of colours
but an obvious pink is dominating. This is
because stereotypically, society’s idea of a
‘girly’ colour is pink, however I wanted to move
away from existing stereotypes such as this so I
added more masculine colours such as blue. This
not only makes the cover look aesthetically
pleasing but promote equality amongst the
younger generation.

3. *The genre of my magazine is pop and so the
audience that I shall focus on is young girls/
teens who are females. They will have interests
such as makeup, fashion and boys. On the other
hand, I do not want the magazine to exclude
other social groups and showed this through the
use of images and various colours.

4. *The age range that this magazine is hoping
to capture us between 7- 15. this is
represented in my magazine in a very
conventional way. For example, my model is
wearing a bright pink summer dress which
represents femininity and innocence.
However, her hair is simple and straightened
which is not stereotypical with this genre of
magazine.
*The articles appeal directly to the target
audience as they are specific to the readers
life. For instance, there is a story on a pop
star who is not as confident as she looks and
so the audience will relate to them. There is
also a fashion box so that the readers can be
up to date with latest trends and talk about
it with friends.

5. The magazine is most likely to attract
young teens from an ABC1 audience
because they are more financially better
off and so more able to regularly buy the
magazine when it comes out for sale.

6. *The main model I have used relates directly to the
social group of young teens. This is because she is
also a young teenager who achieved her dream of
being a singer. By having a female on the front
cover it reaches out to a much wider audience of
also male readers so they can become attracted to
the model and this may persuade them to read on
more of what it has to offer. I also included male
artists in the front cover to appeal to again both
genders. This is because for female, these male
figures may be crushes of theirs and so they feel as
if the magazine is personal to them. It appeals to
males who may like this genre as so inspire them to
pursue their dreams as a male pop star.
I have made a positive representation of
youth by adding innocent sell lines on the
front cover and inspiring stories. The
magazine also represents people of
different races throughout each practical
piece so that it promotes equality.