This document discusses representation in media and how social groups are portrayed. It provides guidance on ensuring representation is inclusive and respectful of all people in terms of gender, age, race, class and other attributes. The key aspects discussed are using inclusive language, portraying diverse groups, ensuring accessibility, and challenging stereotypes to create media that teenagers can relate to.

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

2. What is representation?
The term ‘represent’ refers to the portrayal of
someone or something in a particular way.
Within the media the term Representation literally
means to ‘re-present’ something. It refers to the
construction of aspects of ‘reality’ such as
people, places, objects, events, etc. Such
representations may be in speech or writing as
well as still or moving pictures.

3. In order to connect with a The use of a microphone and the I believe that my magazine is
teenage/young adult audience I had masthead clearly represent that suitable for people of all class, this
to ensure that my mode of address this magazine is suitable for people is why carefully considered how
was suitable and would allow the who are interested in music. much I would price my magazine
readers to understand and connect for; I decided on £2.50 as, in
with my magazine. Therefore before comparison to ‘Billboard’ and
I constructed my magazine I did ‘Sugar’ this is affordable for most
some research into the styles of teenagers and would still provide
language used in other similar enough money to produce the
magazines. From this I found that it magazine. I ensured that I did not
would be most suitable to use full price my magazine to high as this
English sentences instead of would have limited my target
colloquial language because a lot of audience to only people who could
the people within my target afford it; I want my magazine to be
audience said that terms such as accessible to all teenagers.
‘omg’ and other abbreviations
seemed quite patronising. Therefore
I decided to use a relaxed, yet My magazine is suitable for
grammatically correct, form of people of all race, as the UK is
language for all three pages of my quite multi-cultural I feel that it
magazine. is essential for my magazine to
be respectful to all people; I also
aim for it to be appealing to
By using a female teenager as the The casual clothing which I chose everybody as well. Therefore,
main feature of my magazine it for Kirsten to wear represents although it may seem obvious, it
shows that this magazine is that this is a summer issue. The is essential to ensure that all
suitable to people of a similar age relaxed dress code also helps pictures and language is
because they may feel that they teenagers to relate to her and acceptable for the range of
can relate to somebody the same shows that the magazine is light people my magazine is aimed at.
age as them. hearted and fun.

4. On this page the different types of The use of pink, yellow and light Throughout my editorial profile I
font represent the different styles of blue connote love, happiness and ensured that I used a relaxed form
music which each artist does, for fun. They also clearly show that of English which would be easy for
example a girly, slightly delicate the magazine is aimed at girls. my target audience to read
pattern has been used for artists fluently. I also tired to include as
such as The Saturdays and Taylor much information about the
Swift in order to show that their magazine as possible in a small
music is quite feminine, on the amount of words so that people
other hand I have used a bold, block would fully understand the
font for some of the boy bands product they are buying.
because their music is more
masculine. Once again Kirsten's casual
clothing is suitable for summer
time, when this issue would be
This is a photo of Dianna Vickers (I released. The brightly coloured
saw her at Escot). In this image top represents that she is fun and
she is dressed in clothing which is happy and the shorts show that
quite revealing showing that she she is brave and in some ways
is confident and she is also quite confident. Also her unique
dressed in summery clothing hairstyle shows that she does not
which suggests that the magazine just follow the crowd; this may
will be released at similar times to encourage readers to become
when there are a lot of festivals more confident in themselves.
and fun ‘pop’ events. She seems
to be singing very strongly in this
If I was to create this magazine again, there is not much that I would
image; this suggests that she is
change about it, however I think that it would have been a good idea to
passionate and loves music which
include one picture of a boy band on the contents page or front cover in
encourages the reader to enjoy
order to represent boy and to draw in more girls who wish to read about
music as much as she does.
their favourite boy bands. This may have improved the sales of this issue of
‘InTune’.

5. Within the media nowadays teenagers are stereotyped as grumpy, vain, emotional, materialistic, image obsessed
people. I wanted to challenge this stereotype and in order to do this I included a row of photos across my double page
spread which show Kirsten wearing different styles of clothes, different facial expressions and in different positions. I
felt that this would perhaps show people that all people are different and that teenagers are not as bad as many
people seem to believe they are. I felt that representing teenagers as healthy and happy was essential for my double
page spread as this is where people will read more about Kirsten and it is important that they see her as a role model
who is happy and confident in herself, therefore encouraging other teenagers to feel the same about themselves.
The use of a floral By including a
pattern behind the row quotation about
of images across the when Kirsten used to
page not only helps to sing ABBA songs I
connect the images, but have encouraged
it also represents that readers to think about
the magazine is mainly ABBA songs and
for girls. The hint of therefore they see
pink which I drew on similarities between
the flower pattern Kirsten's style of
reinforces this idea and music and ABBA’s.
ties the row of pictures Songs by ABBA are
in with the rest of the typically quite happy
page/magazine. and fun and therefore
this quote implies
Many of the readers will be at an age when they are in the Kirsten’s signature at the that Kirsten’s music
latter years of secondary school, for this reason I decided to end of the interview also has these
have Kirsten positioned sitting on the floor as though she is reminds people that she characteristics,
relaxing with her friends. This will help her to connect with is a real person and therefore encouraging
the readers as they may feel more like Kirsten’s friends than therefore readers may people to listen to her
her fans and therefore they will be able to relate to her and feel as though they can songs.
want to buy the magazine again and listen to her music. relate to her more.