My media product represents the working class through its affordable price point of £2.50 and focus on simple music genres like reggae that may appeal to working class listeners. It also represents teenagers as the target demographic interested in exploring new music and readings. Both gender are represented through articles on successful female artists like Rihanna as well as genres that appeal to both male and female listeners. The magazine expresses the soft side of Caribbean culture through its music focus, representing the black/ethnic minority experience. Disability is not directly represented in the magazine.

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Q.2 how does your media product represent particular social groups?
 Think about age, gender, social class, ethnicity, disability etc. how does your front
cover, contents page and double spread relate to a particular social group.
Consider Emos, Goths, gangster, etc.
How my mediaproduct representssocial class
The mediaplayssignificantrolesinshapingrealityof the varioussocial classedwhichare insociety
and thusmediahelpstofosterpeoplesconceptsof class,wealthandpoverty,the mediaalwaystend
to focuson areasof societywhomare wealth/privilegedandalsothe mediaprovidesinformationon
variousindividualswhoare successfulorhave beenhurtor killedinordertokeepusupdatedonthe
currentaffairsof the worldandto alsoallow usto keepupdatedwiththe latestgossipandnewsof
the world.My mediaproductrepresentsthe workingclasspeople because itisamagazine devoted
to the sorts of simple musicwhichthe workingclassmaylistentoandalsosome of the middle class
if theymay be havinga relaxeddaythere isalwayssome roomtolistentoa Bob Marley songto get
motivated.Mymagazine ismainlyaimedatthe workingclassdue tothe price of it being£2.50, it is
affordable because the workingclasspeople workharder fortheirmoneyandinorderfor themto
spenditon a magazine itneedstobe worthwhile.
How my mediaproduct representsage and gender
The mediarepresentationof age isbasedonvariousage groups insocietysuchas children,
adolescentsandthe elderlypeople whose representationsare alsobasedonstereotypes.Children
withinthe mediaare portrayedasvictims,littledevils,accessoriesoractive modernconsumers
whereasteenagersare seenassocial problemsdependingtheirculturesattimeswhere theymay
exhibitcertainbehaviourswhereaselderlypeople are oftenportrayedasconservative,dependent
and oftenpeople become veryworriedaboutelderlypeople astheirage begintoincrease.Within
my magazine Ithinkthatgenderisrepresentedbutof teenagersgoingintoadultyearsbecause that
isthe time where theirmediaknowledgeisatitsoptimumandtheyill begintoexplore andlistento
variousthingsmore andalsoread uponthe thingswhichtheyfindinteresting.
Genderisalsoimportantbecause withinthe mediathere are certainfeminineandmasculine roles
whichare portrayed.Menare consideredtobe masculine andare emotionallyvulnerable attimes,
theyare veryworriedattimesaboutappearance andmenshouldtreatwomenasequalshowever
these stereotypesare notalwaysportrayedproperlywithinthe mediaandmencanb seenas
keepingtheiremotionsbottledup. Withinmymagazine Ithinkitappealstobothwomenandmen
because womenwithinthe social mediaare portrayedasmodels,role modelsandare successful in
whattheydo e.g.R&B artist Rihannaor reggae artistSpice.Bothsexeswouldreadmymagazine
because the articlesare notspecificallyjustaimedatone groupof people,itisaimedatall.
How me mediaproduct representsethnicity
Mediaplaysan importantrole isthe representationof ethnicgroups,the ethnicgroupwhichisbeing
representedwithinmymagazine isblackpeoplebecause tome blackpeople are ethnicminorities
that can be portrayedwithinthe mediaascriminalsbecause theyare oftenfoundinthe mainmedia

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coverages.A keyresearchernamesVanDijkfoundthatblackpeople tendtobe portrayedas
criminalsespeciallywithinhe mediaandattimesare shownto be gangstersand tokenismswithin
the media.Ethnicminoritieswithinsocietyare oftentreatedasa threatto the majorityof society
whomare white,some social mediascanportrayotherethnicgroupsas immigrantsandasylum
seekers,howeveroverthe yearsmediaoutlookhasbecome lessstereotypical andvariousethnic
groupsare put intothe mediaspotlightfordifferentreasons.Overall Ithinkthatmymagazine
expressesthe softsideof the Caribbeanculture withthe type of musicgenre whichhasbeen
expressedthroughthe magazine.
How my mediaproduct representdisability
Disabilityisshowninthe mediabecauseithelpstorepresentpeople whomaynotbe seemas
normal,theymaybe seenasa burdenbut there are variousareaswithinsocietywhichare setinto
place to helpthemtonot be pittedbuttreatedcorrectlyandwithinmymagazine,individualswith
disabilitiesare notrepresented,becauseIhasnot taughtabout themwhilstmakingmymagazine,
whichcouldbe somethingtohave inmindnexttime,because Iamaware there are waysinwhich
people withreadingdifficultycanunderstandingwordswhentheyare inadifferentformattedform
of language.