The rock magazine cover represents males as typically violent and aggressive through the use of props like a baseball bat and chain and stern poses. Tattoos and the chain also suggest masculinity. The cover line and story imply the white male artists are fun-loving but also engage in sex, drugs and violence. The fonts and lack of lighting further position rock music and its artists as masculine and strange.

1. Representations in Rock Magazines
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 artists maintain
emotionless and stern
poses which connotes
that males are typically
aggressive or violent.
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 sunglasses represent the
artists to be mysterious and
unknown. It also connote
shyness.
The chain prop connotes
aggression and violence and is
associated with masculinity.
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 use of bold sans-serif fonts
stand out and suggest a more
masculine audience.