The document discusses how a media product presents social groups based on peer feedback. Peers stated that the magazine cover represents the "emo" and rock music genres due to the dark colors and the cover star's clothing. The document's author infers that the cover star presents the typical rocker look, appealing to a younger, unique audience. Through the cover star, the document presents the stereotypical subculture of "rockers" as the cover star wears stereotypical rock clothing. The author also notes that they chose a male cover star because males are most associated with rock music due to typically deeper, louder voices producing a rough rock sound.

1. How does your media product
present particular social groups?
Evaluation

2. Peer feedback…
For this question, I have decided to ask my peers for their personal feedback. I
provided them with 3 print outs of my front cover, DPS and contents page, to which
they told me their opinions. I filmed one of my questions, as seen here.
More responses…
“I think that your magazine
represents the stereotypical ‘emo’
type look, because of the dark
colours and your coverstar, which
is probably your target audience.”
“Your magazine looks like a rock
magazine that I would pick up,
because it has a rocker look to it.”

3. Ways my magazine presents social
groups…
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From peer feedback, I can infer that my
magazine represents social groups mainly
through my cover star. He presents the typical
rocker look. This appeals to a younger
audience, because my cover star is also young
adult and student, which therefore presents a
student in todays society. He is not a
conventional looking student, but a more
eccentric looking student, so therefore appeals
to a more unique audience. Through my cover
star, I am presenting the stereotypical sub
culture of 'rockers', as I did ask my cover star to
wear stereotypically rocker-type clothes for the
shoot.
I should also highlight that I chose a male for my
cover star as males are most associated with rock
music. This is because their voices tend to be
deeper, and louder, which produces a much more
rough, rock-type sound.
All black clothing
represents the typical
‘rocker’ type look, as
well as the Gibson denim
jacket, because it
exhibits the badge of a
popular guitar brand –
Gibson.
Piercings are also
associated with the rock
genre.
I used the prop of a
black and white
electric guitar, which
presents that my
cover star is typical of
the rock music genre.