The document discusses how gender and age are represented in the author's music magazine. For gender, some images portray women in stereotypical ways through short dresses and heavy makeup, though one image breaks stereotypes by showing a woman in a leather jacket and boots implying independence. The men are typically represented as expected for a rock music magazine, with long hair and close proximity emphasizing them as a band unit. For age, the magazine uses young models aged 16-20 to target that audience, depicting them in fashionable clothes and laughing or smiling to create an energetic atmosphere associated with youth.

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

2. Gender
Gender is represented stereotypically in my music magazine, this is shown through the
mise en scene of the images used. Although i have broke some stereotypes of gender.
The images used within my magazine
gives a stereotypical representation of
females in some ways. For example in the
image above, her very short dress and
heavy makeup is stereotypical of women
in the media. However this image also
breaks from the stereotype of women, for
example her leather jacket and bright red
boots which have a connotation of danger,
implies that she is rebelious and is
therefore breaking from the very feminine
women usually represented in the media.
It also gives a sense that she is a strong
and independant woman, therefore
creating a good representation of women.
The men in my music magazine are are quite
typical of the men you expect to see in a
rock/alternative music magazine. the long
messy hair is stereotypical of men as they tend
not to take as much pride in their appearance
as women do in the media, especially in this
genre of music. This image is also very
stereotypical of a male band, all four of them
are stood very close to eachother to emphasize
that they are a unit. They are all smiling and
one is even laughing without looking at the
camera which is typical of a male band, giving
a good representation of boy bands by giving a
sense of fun and enery rather than posing.

3. Age
Throughout my magazine i have used
young models (aged between 16-20)
therefore anchoring the main target
audience for the magazine i created
which is 16-24. Within the mise en scene,
the models are wearing fashionable
clothes which is associated with the
younger generation.
Also in the images the young models are
laughing or smiling, creating a fun and
energetic atmosphe, which gives a good
representation of the younger generation
Also the bright yellow on the front cover
adds to the fun and energetic atmospher,
commonly associated with younger
generation.