The document discusses how a media product represents social groups. It focuses on a rock/metal music magazine. The cover features a lead singer dressed in a rock/punk style to match the genre. Throughout the magazine, the models and people wear clothes similar to the target audience's style, supporting common stereotypes. However, the document notes stereotypes may not fully represent all readers. Overall, the magazine's representation supports typical portrayals of the social group, which engages the target audience.

1. QUESTION 2
How does your media product represent particular social groups?

2. COVER PICTURE
For the cover of my magazine, I had to
make sure that she was dressed an
posed in a way that would go with the
whole genre of my magazine, and so
that she didn’t look out of place on the
front cover. I wanted her to look like a
lead singer of a band, and I asked her to
dress in a rock/punky way to go along
with the rock/metal genre of the
magazine.

3. TARGET AUDIENCE
My product represents it’s target audience in the colours and images used
throughout the magazine. The clothes that the models and people wear
within the magazine are most likely similar to the clothes that the target
audience wear. Although this may be considered as stereotypical as there
are also people that would read this magazine and be interested in the
music and bands talked about inside that wouldn’t be seen wearing
anything like that… even someone who is classified as a ‘girly girl’ can be
interested in this sort of magazine.

4. MISE-EN-SCENE
In the pictures that I have used for my magazine, I made sure
that the anyone I asked to take pictures of were dressed up in
a rock/punky way to go along with the genre of the magazine.
Although this may be the stereotypical image of the target
audience, the images that are used in many magazines like this
are part of what attracts the target audience.

5. DOES YOUR REPRESENTATION SUPPORT
COMMON IDEAS OF YOUR SOCIAL GROUP?
My representation does support the common ideas of the
social group I have picked, as It depicts the target audience
how they are commonly portrayed, which usually catches the
target audience and keeps them interested in the magazine.