2. Representing the Social Groups
The main social group represented in my music magazine is men
aged 16-21. In the past, young men and teenagers are stereotyped
as rebellious ,troublemakers, lazy and who are up to no good .
however in my magazine teenagers and young men are
represented as unbeaten, talented and creative conversely
individualists and hedonists. This emerging ideology is created
with the use of ‘Alegro’ as the title of my magazine which means
lively or brisk ,this stresses the creative element in young men.
The dominant ideology of young men seen as drunken and
careless is being completely transformed and given a new image
of winning but still cool and full of character .The socio-
economic class of my audience on the jicnars scale will be B-C1
3. The images are used in a way in which it supports the
Emerging ideology I was trying to express through my magazine.
The first Image ,medium close up of Ben at a clothes shop casually dressed
And looking further away suggests naughtiness this, challenges the dominant
ideology Of men being powerful, brave, rough.
However The extreme close up of Doshin looking straight at the camera
Connotes masculinity. This use of representing the dominant ideology of men
Was to stress the reality that within the audience there are people who are a
bit towards
The dominant ideology.
Though the other two images, The close up of the model covering his face with
his hands
And the long shot of the model with guitar in his hands again connotes the
emerging
Ideology that men are defenceless and inventive.
4. The use of colour scheme suggest a dominant
ideology of young men but the combination of
white used connotes purity , freshness which
reinforces the residual ideology. This then
intensifies by the use of blue which symbolises
youth and spirituality .
The font used in my magazine again connoted
the dominant ideology, The serif font shows
masculinity though the use of “YO” in my front
cover certainly suits my magazine to its social
class.
5. Dominant Representation VS Emerging Represenation
The layout and the use of image
Brings out the dominant representation within
My magazine. The layout and the use of colour
Convinces that it is created to suit the dominant
Ideology.
But at the same time my magazine
Shows the emerging image of young men
By the use of images that connotes fun ,lively
And creative.
