1. 2. How does your
media product
represent particular
social groups?
2. A stereotypical teenager. There are many
misconceptions about teenagers. Many
generations believe that all teenagers are
troublemakers, lazy and have an "I don't care
about anything" attitude. I wont argue that there
aren't teenagers like that because there are,
but one group of people ruin the reputation for the
rest and makes other generations believe we're
all like that when we aren't.
Teenage movies and TV programmes make us
believe that there are only certain types of
teens, for example the jock, the cheerleader, the
popular one, the outsider and many more.
I challenged this stereotype in my magazine by
representing teens as role models and something
to look up to for influence and positivity.
3. A way in which I have represented age in my
magazine is through language, using a
standard vocabulary. A stereotype of teens
is that they don’t have much money given
that they are in education. I included the word
"win" on my front cover as it would attract
teenagers because they might have the chance
of getting something for free.
In my magazine there are also quite a few
articles involving fashion as it is known that
teens like to keep up to date with all the latest
trends. In my interview for my double page
spread I wrote about Rosanna Russell's fashion
blog and in my contents page I used
phrases such as "get the looks".
Another stereotype for teenagers is that all they
care about is having fun with their friends, so I
represented that through an image I used in my
contents page of a group of girls in a
club/concert being happy and carefree.
4. The models used in my magazine belong
to a relatively girly social group. This is
shown by the clothes they wear and the
poses they adopt. The clothes
they wear are fashionable and
girly, colours such as pastels are
used. Their poses being smiley to spread
positivity and pouts as it's what most
teenagers do nowadays when taking
pictures.
5. My magazine is aimed at a middle or working
class reader. I made sure not to
mention expensive brands such as Chanel or
Gucci as the people reading may not be able to
afford such luxuries. Although it may seem like it
could be an upper class magazine given that
celebrities are used in the magazine and
are able to afford those type of brands, in the
magazine they are dressed in clothes much
more affordable that most of my audience will be
able to buy. For example brands such
as Topshop and River Island.
I have not associated my magazine with any
type of social group, although given that
my magazine is based around pop music I can
guarantee certain social groups like goths and
punks will not be very interested in my
magazine.
